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I wouldn't have an abortion in the case of consensual sex, myself.
However, I feel that abortion for any reason should be allowed.
With birth control and condom use, are we still pretending that sex serves the sole function of creating babies anymore? So our pleasure-mongering may have the side effect of creating a baby? Cosmopolitan didn't mention this anywhere in their "how to please your man" section!
Casual sex is on the rise, and it's no wonder with all of the teenage single mothers out there. Women are much less focused on marriage, and with the choice to abolish everything else that makes them a baby factory, why not take matters into their own hands/coat hangers when the system isn't foolproof?
Society goes about in denial over the function of sex. Ladies--how sexy is it if a guy tells you he wants to impregnate you? I don't care how cute he is...I'd run like hell.
Abortion because of the sex of a child is just one more measure of control we're trying to exert over our own biology. With sex, most species will have a regulated ratio to ensure proper breeding. We've pretty much messed up proper breeding with all of the artificial hormones floating around. As our males disappear further and further into androgyny, we have to ask ourselves--does it even matter anymore?
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