Here's an actual answer: The legality and accessibility of abortions are important to maintain. As unpleasant as it may be, and as conflicting with your personal morals as it may be, it's important it is still legal and accessible for women. Why? Because abortions will happen weather they are legal or not, or whether you like it or not. It is important to the health of the community. A woman who seeks an illegal abortion puts her life highly at risk. Illegal abortions cannot be regulated, monitored, etc. There's no guarantee of a sterile environment or even if the person is a real doctor. She risks disease, serious injury, and/or death. It's important it remains legal and accessible so that women can have it done in a private, safe, sterile environment by a licensed professional. Don't like abortions? Don't have one. But don't keep people who want/need it from getting it. [i]"Why not just give it up for adoption?"[/i] Two reasons. 1) Being pregnant and giving birth isn't free. One of the major reasons women have abortions is because they are not in a position to care for the child. It is costly both physically and financially. Doctors visits aren't free. Hospital stays aren't free. Medications and vitamins aren't free. In addition to the financial cost of being pregnant, it's also very likely that the mother will have to take time off of work for doctors visits and for giving birth. This is lost income for someone who likely is in need of every penny they can get. 2) There are millions of children who are currently in need of a permanent home. The process to adopt a child is long, complex, and expensive. There's no reason to compound the problem by adding more kids in need of a home to the currently-overflowing pool. EDIT: In addition to my above comments, it's also pretty clear that people who are against abortion seem to think that if you're pro-choice it means you're okay with abortion at any point in the pregnancy. I don't think anyone is in favor of aborting an 8-month pregnancy. I see no problem with abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy. Outside of that, they should be only in case of severe risk to the mother.