Should abortion be banned?

[Gnizmo]

mrstickball said:
I think they should be illegal. Of all the things I think that should be legalized, abortion is the only one that relates to the destruction of another human.

It should only be done in very, VERY extreme measures. Outside of that, I don't think it should be legal. Women (and the husbands) should strive to keep the child to full term. If they feel that they cannot take care of the baby (which is the reason in 90% or more of abortions), then it should be given up for adoption.

However, in the process, I believe adoptions should be promoted and reformed to ensure that the mother knows that the most honorable thing to do is to give the baby up to a loving family. Adoption has been destroyed since abortions became legal in the US. At one time, 10% of all children were adopted....The number has dropped 10-fold thanks to the fact that 40,000,000 babies were aborted.

The problem is one of enforceability though. There is no way to shut down all shady back alley doctors who would be willing to do an abortion. Supposing you magically shut them down, then there is nothing to stop a home attempt. The only problem with the at home solutions is that they risk the life of the mother as well as the child. So the choice is endager one life, or two? Doesn't seem a hard choice to me, but people consistently fall on the other side. I am genuinely interested in a response to this.