You can be personally opposed to abortion and fully support a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy

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82. In my experience

women who choose abortion do so after lots of thought, trying to figure out what to do (the "struggle" part) and they do cry--not because of the abortion--they are grateful and relieved about that--but about the situation they are in. I should not have said *all* women do this. I don't know *all* women.

I was moved to say this by the soi-disant right-to-lifers who preach that women who have abortions do so without much thought or care. I have heard &quot insert despised minority) don't care if they get pregnant--they just go get another abortion."

A reasonable alternative would be anything a woman might choose to do--if she's having an abortion because she can't afford another child, a reasonable alternative might be a big whomping inheritance. How the hell do I know what a reasonable alternative might be for any given woman?

Again, this is in response to right-to-lifers who believe women should *simply* put a baby up for adoption, as if *that* were a reasonable alternative for all women.

My whole point in all of this is that attitudes toward abortion rights demonstrate more than a person's attitude toward abortion rights; it's about whether or not people accept that women are equal to men in making important decisions, and not just about their bodies.