Given the time I've thought about it I've come to the conclusion that I disagree with this.
There is no good reason for it. Any reason that there is for it is the product of a society that has people think themselves far more powerful than they actually should be. A society that makes us all slaves of good times, nice things and our own "better judgment".
However, I feel that the shame is not so often in the woman. I'm sure that most women who decide to have an abortion feel that they have no other choice - that they are trapped. I'm sure that many of the women felt that they had no choice in being put into the situation in which they were asked to decide.
A woman does not deserve to be put in such a position. The shame, therefore, lies with society. A truly loving society would not allow or do something that would foreseeably require a woman to decide whether or not to destroy a life in such a way.
But ideals are hard to manufacture into reality. And still, women deserve better from us all.
"There's one more kid
That'll never go to school
Never get to fall in love
Never get to be cool."
--Rockin' in the Free World by Neil Young
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