As someone said above, it's finding somewhere to draw the line for planned abortions - shades of grey, and all that. The woman must know well before then that she's pregnant (hell, you get notice 1 month afterwards in most cases), and then she can choose whether she wants to keep the baby or not - if not, go for an abortion. But waiting 6 months to decide is just daft.

I can see the need for this in the case of emergency operations where the life of the mother is in danger. If there's ever a choice, the mother has to take priority - by all means put every resource possible into saving the baby if you can, but if the pregnancy is threatening the woman's life then she has to have the choice to terminate. Otherwise, I can't see why you'd need that option.

I don't think that the "it's not the baby's fault it was conceived" argument holds true for abortion - choosing whether you can support a child has to take precedence. Given the amount of pain in the world anyway, I'd much rather see one happy and well-cared-for child than a dozen unhappy, abused children. Pick any country in Latin America, and see how well the Roman Catholic philosophy of no abortion or contraception works...

Grab.