The statement implies that abortion is the correct course of action as long as the mother wants it....under any circumstances.

There are numerous scenarios where it arguably could not be left to the mother to decide whether the baby should be terminated or not?

Psychiatric problems, revenge, convenience in pursuing a career etc etc.

You're again muddying the waters, Ake. Grasping at straws, how to prevent those women from terminating unwanted pregnancies. Your argument implies that you visualize a group of women, hammering at the doors of abortion clinics to get rid of the results of too much booze and a one night stand. And that this should instead be a day of reckoning for them, to pay the piper.

Pregnancy as a form of punishment is a draconian sentence that might have been imposed on women before safe and legal abortion were available except women turned to unsafe and illegal procedures to terminate unwanted pregnancies. And often died in the process. So it boils down to this: are you suggesting that a death sentence is the suitable punishment for a woman who finds herself (through whatever circumstances) at this point? That's the argument you're making. You need to stop parsing out the "what if" logical fallacy arguments. Women make these decisions for themselves as they need, they don't need you pushing men of straw into their paths on the way to their doctors offices.

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