LenG, do you honestly think that a woman who has an abortion does not suffer trauma at least equal to the trauma suffered by the man involved? I assure you, my former girlfriend suffered all sorts of trauma and grief. And where does your use of the word "faultless" come from? Where in my writing do I mention or even infer fault or blame of any sort? My attempt was to be objective and therefore blunt. Abortion is the killing of a living being, and that is an irrefutable fact. I do not state that abortion should be made illegal. Indeed, I stated, "our society is not good enough to make the killing that is abortion illegal in the usual way." I went on to make just one requirement: "The mother ... should be required to fully name her child on a public record before a legal abortion can be performed." It is an honor to name a child, not a disgrace or a horror or a punishment. My bet is: most mothers will choose to not kill a child they have named. Instead, they will let that child be born.