Loosening my pro choice stance.

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I should supplement my post by saying that unnecessary medical procedures in general should be minimised, my view that a woman can "request" an abortion up to 18 months or otherwise they can have one with a medical diagnosis from a doctor needs to be taken in that context. We still don't want unnecessary abortions, they're not the ideal way to cope with an unplanned pregnancy. In fact most first-born children are the result of an unplanned pregnancy, so it's disingenuous to say that it's an ideal solution. So whilst I agree that the option is important for several reasons, one of which being that it prevents "back ally operations", I don't agree that it should recommended to people by health professionals - they should be given the option, but not given a recommendation of abortion without a medical reason.