Nick, you said...

Harpgirl - I don't think the ability to choose or not choose an abortion is anything like "freedom." Most women would vastly prefer not to ever have to make the choice. If abortion weren't an alternative because there were no need at all for it, I think the world would be a better place.

I disagree with you, Nick. Most women in the world have no choice but to carry to term. Therefore we can not say for certain that most women would prefer not to make this choice, to abort or carry to term. Beccause they don't presently have a choice. They must carry to term. American women have legal access to abortion but they don't necessarily have economic access, unfortunately.

Being able to choose not to carry to term with free access to abortion is definitely a kind of freedom for women. It's not the only kind of freedmon women have no access to but it is one important one. I did not say most women would choose abortion if they had complete unfettered access to abortion.

Having no need for abortion might make the world a better place, but in order for that to happen we must give women complete equality in all aspects of society in all places in the world. Even then, many women would choose abortion at some point in their lives when becoming pregnant. Just as the privileged ones do now.