abortion...

personally I do not agree with abortion. Even though I do not want kids now or any time soon I know that if I was to get pregnant I would never be able to go through having an abortion. Although I do not agree with abortion I do understand that some people may find themselves pregnant and are not able to support a child either mentally or physically. Statistics from women residents in England and Wales 2008 say that some 195, 296 women had abortions compared with 198, 499 women in 2007. The standardised age for abortions in 2008 was 18.2. This shows that the amount of abortions has declined. /www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_099285

The abortion act 1967 which covers England, Scotland and Wales (but not Ireland) says that abortions must be carried out in a hospital or specialised clinic and that two doctors must agree that the abortion would cause less harm to the person than carrying on with the pregnancy. www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Abortion/Pages/Introduction.aspx

There are quite strong opinions on abortion particularly certain religions like catholic which say that abortion is wrong in all circumstances. However, I think that it depends on the circumstance as to weather abortion is bad behaviour. I think that abortion may be OK if the mothers life is at risk or that there is a strong chance that the child will have disabilities which would affect their quality of life. I think that it should be made for the person to decide. However, some people use abortion as a form of contraceptive I think this is definitely bad behaviour.