Unwanted pregnancies are caused by men and by women. The truth is that the contraceptive pill has radically changed how men and women relate to sex and marriage. (See “The Economics of Sex”, https://youtu.be/cO1ifNaNABY)
I think we should look at what the pro-life and pro-choice movements have in common.
https://mormonhub.com/blog/life/pro-choice-pro-life-common/
When a man and a woman create a child, they are both responsible for their action. The woman certainly has an immediate and physical, emotional and possibly social cost. The man should be held accountable as well.
The best situation is where the woman and man are already married and choose to have children. We do not always have that situation. We should do what we can to persuade those closest to us to relate to sex in this way. It creates the least harm.
What do we do when it is less than ideal? Pray. Seek guidance and compassion.
From my perspective once a couple is pregnant, the choice as to whether to have the child is over, except in rare cases.
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From President Faust Nov 1995
During a prayer breakfast in Washington, D.C., on 3 February 1994, Mother Teresa gave the most honest and powerful proclamation of truth on this subject I have ever heard. ..., “If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill each other? … Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.”
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