You Can Be Anti-Abortion and Pro-Women

Anti-abortionists are sometimes accused of persecuting troubled women. It's true that we do want abortion to be made a criminal act. This is because we think that aborting foetuses is killing new baby boys and girls. But it's about way more than criminalisation. We'd love to see Australia (and other countries) be the sort of place where newly conceived babies are actually treasured and protected; where Mums in crisis receive good support; where overseas travel, career advancement or buying a house aren't prioritised over children's lives.

People are against abortion because they care for the vulnerable. So the assumption that people who are against abortion don't care about distressed, confused, vulnerable Mums makes no sense. Of course, so much energy can be spent protecting babies that none is left for their Mums. This is bad and I'm sorry for it. But I don't think the answer is to forget the kids and focus only on their Mums, especially as having an abortion is often a profoundly traumatic and distressing experience for women.