I'm not in favor of abortion. Abortion is a sad, last resort. But the right to an abortion should not be taken away from women in the first trimester. I think women have had plenty of time in the first trimester to decide whether or not to keep a pregnancy.

After that, it really should be a decision based purely on medical grounds. If a woman's mental balance is in jeopardy, it should be more than just stress. Pregnancy is stressful. Suddenly being faced with having to support a baby is stressful. Women are emotional during pregnancy. Those things in and of themselves should not be enough to allow a second or third trimester abortion. Mental health should be objectively evaluated by a competent mental health professional.

That said, I believe a good many women who have abortions after the first trimester would not if they were given education in fetal development and what abortion a second and third trimester abortion does. There is no informed consent without accurate information. Hiding the information in the belief that women might feel guilty infantilizes women. They would feel a lot worse if they were to uncover the information later.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight Eisenhower