Noomi and anyone else who shares her beliefs, I would really like to understand your position so please help me out. This is a sincere question, the answer may seem blatantly obvious to you but I don't understand the reasoning. Given the exceptions of when the mother's life is at risk or even if there is a significant health risk and although I wish they would reconsider and go the adoption route I can certainly understand the rape exception. But in other cases where the mother willingly participated in the process that led to her pregnancy and that pregnancy does not put her at any undue risk do you honestly believe that the location of the unborn person and that location's inherent inconvenience to the mother is justification enough to take the life of a human being?
Consent to sex does not equal consent to pregnancy. Using contraception and having sex means you are trying to prevent a pregnancy, not cause one.
Driving a car without a seatbelt might be irresponsible, but it doesn't mean the driver consents to being in an accident.
Having unprotected sex doesn't mean you consent to a sexually transmitted disease, either.
No one can say if a pregnancy will put a woman's life or health at risk. Most women go through pregnancy fine - apart from the morning sickness, and the pain of labor. Other women suffer severe morning sickness - Kate Middleton suffered from this. It can result in hospitalisation because you are dehydrated and weak. Some would expect a woman to endure this sickness for as long as it lasted - but if it puts her health at risk, she should have the choice to abort.
Pre eclampsia is another illness that can come about during pregnancy, and it can be fatal. HELPP syndrome is another illness which can also be fatal.
The woman may only develop this when its too late - shouldn't she have the right to decide whether she takes her chances in developing these illnesses?
Despite the fact that they are rare, they still exist, and every pregnant woman risks developing an illness that could potentially kill her.
Just because most women come through pregnancy healthy, with a healthy baby at the end of it, does not mean that every woman should be expected to take the risk.