No, I can't shed any light on the "partial-birth" procedure; I'd never heard of it either until it became a political issue. And I think support systems and special homes for young moms-to-be are highly important, and admirable. I still don't hear any answers to what the married woman with a professional career is supposed to do if she has an unwanted pregnancy.

One of my close friends will be delivering her third child any day now. She's a teacher, had finally landed a decent teaching job for the first time. Finally, she and her husband both had decent incomes... then she made the mistake of taking some St. John's Wort which made her birth control pills ineffective. Bang! Pregnant. She's not the type to consider abortion, but if I had been in her shoes I'm not sure what I would have done. Oh, they'll manage... but it's put a a strain on their marriage and on the other kids.