For those of you who are pro-choice, could you perform an abortion?

I would never be able to perform an abortion as I am pro life and thing all lives are sacred, but I doubt that many pro choice women would be able to. They are not close to the situation. They think it as the woman's right to choose, to kill her baby, and it does not affect them. If they were told that once they had an abortion (where they would be out like a light and did not see the parts of the baby coming out) that they were to perform an abortion on another (after the proper training) they would be unable to do it unless they were unfeeling. The doctor who performs thousands probably has hardened his heart and assumed that these babies would have grown up to be John Gacey's if they had lived, but a woman on seeing the baby on the operating table, would be moved by compassion and realize what she had done.

I am pro-choice and the answer is "NO." I could not perform an abortion. Why? Because I don't have a medical degree and it's kind of hard to do surgery with no training. Most people make the mistake of assuming that people who are pro-choice are pro-abortion. They are not. What is the mental block pro-lifers have with understanding that pro-choice means just that? I believe that every woman has a right to make her own choices. That doesn't make me a surgeon anymore than being pro-life makes you a Pediatrician. One more thought: pro-choice is also about keeping abortion safe. Having your friends perform your abortion is what happens when there is no choice. Think about that.

Ridiculous question. If I had a medical degree, I would perform a medical procedure. It doesn't matter what your stance on the issue, but, your question is a silly one.

Back in the bad old days women did in fact perform abortions ON THEMSELVES and each other because no other option existed. Professional help wasn't available. It wasn't a solution obviously as abortions still exist. I think you have the erroneous impression that women are ignorant of what exactly they are doing by having an abortion. I think that is colossally insulting. The fact that women do know what is happening and still feel it would be the right thing to do should tell you something about the serious issue they are struggling with both with ending or keeping a pregnancy. Of course many women who have had an abortion regret it, that is a luxury/curse that choice brings with it. The opportunity to have hind site and regrets. Could I perform an abortion? With medical training and under circumstances that I felt justified it...you betcha.

No doctor in the U.S. is forced to perform abortions, the doctors who perform them do so by choice and I assume they have no problems with it. I am pro-choice but that does not mean that I necessarily agree with abortion. I agree with a woman's right to decided what goes on with her own body and her right to have good medical care at all times. Your idea about forcing women to perform abortions on each other is abusive. Before you shoot back with "aborting is abusive to the fetus" I agree with you, it is. However, you know the old adage, two wrongs don't make a right, so using a legal procedure that you don't approve of as an excuse to abuse women is wrong.