# Single ladies, if abortion were made illegal, would you think twice before you had sex?

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**Created:** [October 26, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-ladies-if-abortion-were-made-illegal-would-you-think-twice-before-you-had-sex/515163 "2009-10-26T11:31:13Z")\
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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> I hope you’re talking about performing an illegal abortion, rather than carrying the baby to term and then killing it. :eek:

No, I’ve seen women die from the complications of septic illegal abortions. I would have no qualms about giving birth in secret and simplying not allowing the unwanted infant to begin breathing. I belive the mother’s gift of life to an infant is just that: a gift. If it’s forced on her, I believe she commits no moral crime in taking it back.

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