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Birth can be an excruciating and traumatizing process for many women

9 months of torture to the mother, especially if she is carrying the fetus of an abuser or assaulter. Pregnancy is also an expensive thing for the woman, having to make multiple doctors appointments to make sure the fetus is healthy and pay for new clothes because her belongings don't fit anymore. Pregnancy can interrupt a job that the pregnant person may really need to work and doesn't have another form of support. Abortions are often used to remove a fetus that will either live with harsh, expensive, and sometimes deadly congenital conditions. Abortions also save the life of the mother in cases where she risks dying from giving birth. There have been cases of people forced to carry to term with a dead fetus, causing them to go into sepsis because they weren't allowed to get the fetus removed for the reason of the procedure being considered an abortion. An abortion affects nobody in this world other than the one receiving it. It's not always a process without regret and guilt. People who really wanted to have a baby but had an abortion because the health conditions for the mother or fetus just wouldn't work can feel immensely sad. That's not the fault of the operation. It's the effects of an unfortunate situation that the mother happened to end up in. She can feel that sadness, but the feelings and regrets of some does not mean that abortions should be banned for all because they are life-saving procedures for many.
Also, abortion is just healthcare. If someone wants to remove their appendix, how should you be allowed to prevent that? It is their body. There are flaws with the foster care and adoption system that I can't even get into right now, but there is no guarantee that the child's life will even be of good quality.

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