Chrys have you ever wondered why Catholic women are statistically the greatest users of abortion services? Perhaps it is because the RCC stands against birth control. If the Rcc would embrace birth control it could then take the position that there is no excuse for an abortion. See how that works?
Well, yeah. But it didn't need to be easy for you, so that's okay.
I understand principles very well. My Grandmother was Catholic and died from a back alley abortion long before RvW. Why? Well she had no access to birth control and the church prohibited it. So after having too many children for her husband who was struggling to survive economically she was desperate when she once again became with child. One more mouth to feed when her living children were barely fed and clothed. One more to feed and probably that would be followed by another. Have you ever known the despair of a mother who can't feed her children even adequately? I doubt it.
It is not a matter of blame. The question that should be asked is why do women have abortions. The answer is not that complicated. It is because some of us end up pregnant and in economic situations that are not viable. Faced with a choice of feeding the children I have versus having another and seeing all of them underfed the answer, as atrocious as it may be, is abortion.
It looks like another award is due. Congratulations, chrys!
Just offering suggestions and trying to be helpful.