I’m Pro-choice. I don’t think that abortion should be used as a means of birth control but it is still a choice that the mother has to make. The biggest reason I say pro-choice is because of situations of incest, rape and the health of the mother.

If you play you pay is one way to look at it but it does make me think that a child shouldn’t be forced to be raised or brought into a family that doesn’t want it, cant afford it or wouldn’t be good parents to it. I hate the way some parents treat their kids and it makes me wish it weren’t so easy to have children (I wish there could be a test you had to pass before you are given the ability to conceive ) but it doesn’t give me the right to force people to do what I think is best.

Any law against abortion would just cause people to break the law. My suggestion would be to encourage people on an individual basis to make the choice that is right for them.

Edit: Religion affects this because religious people try and follow the rules of their religion, duh. If the rules of their religion are interpreted to make followers believe that abortion is murder and murder is bad… well I’m sure you see the connection but anyone getting an abortion would be turning their back on their religion.