Kevin G.,

When I was pregnant for the second time, I found out at 19 weeks that the baby I was carrying was severely deformed - so much so that it was incompatible with life outside the womb. I guess you would consider that I "killed my baby", but honestly, if you'd seen what I delivered, it wasn't a baby - it was a mess - organs such as the heart were on the outside of the chest cavity, the brain was uncovered, fingers and toes were clawed/clubbed, legs were twisted. What would you have had me do? Carry that genetic mistake until full term when it would have died anyway? Do I regret the decision - not at all. Within a few months, I was pregnant with Karina, and she is so special - both my girls are. I am not remotely religious, but I am a believer in things happening for a reason. If I'd not had that experience, Karina would never have been born, and that would have been a big shame...

Secondly, I am an adopted person. I know that anti-abortion folk tend to consider adoption to be the ideal remedy to an unwanted pregnancy, but let me tell you, that's not always the case... I was lucky (I think I am a fortunate person all round), but unless you've been there, you are really not in a position to comment on either of these issues.