Thank you, Jon, you've summed it up perfectly. Personally, I'm not sure why my religion so detests birth control. In the case of birth control, you are preventing conception instead of destroying the conceived life. That for me is ten thousand times better than abortion or termination or whatever you want to call it. So I'm pushing for the pill, RU486, condoms, etc...please use them so you never have to resort to abortion. Because it's not just some easy forgettable thing, as other said, it can have lasting effects. Better to prevent all this at the starting point with birth control, instead of suffering painful consequencies abortion. Sorry if I sounded like a public service announcement.

--Mbo