Reproductive autonomy means you have the human-right-and-freedom to control your own fertility and make decisions about what you do with your body, to choose which directions in life are best for you personally-and-professionally now and in the future, and to prioritize all aspects of your own mental and physical health which you determine as necessary for developing and maintaining what you deem to be the most important qualities of life.
-- Randolf Richardson (September 28, 2024)

Is abortion ethical?

Yes.  Abortion is ethical, except when the pregnant person's decision to get an abortion was coerced (medical professionals who value consent are known for making sure their patients really do want to undergo a given procedure before proceeding).

What is the best justification for getting an abortion?

The best justification for getting an abortion is the direct result of the pregnant person's free choice.  Anyone else's opinions as to whether someone should or should not get an abortion are irrelevant by default.

What is the youngest age a person can get an abortion?

There is no age restriction -- if a person is pregnant, they have the right to get an abortion.  (Unfortunately, there have been a few cases throughout human history of young children becoming pregnant, and then being forced to remain pregnant despite having just as much entitlement as adults to opt for getting an abortion.)

Do people who endure miscarriages need access to abortion procedures?

Yes, because they need to make sure their miscarriage completed properly, which helps tremendously to prevent the development of dangerous medical conditions such as sepsis -- a potentially-lethal organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated response to infection.

Do people feel regret after getting an abortion?

No, nearly all people who get abortions feel a sense of relief.

Some extremist groups that promote "abortion prohbition" have been trying to use convoluted guilt trips to make people feel regret, instead of trying to be supportive, and many of those groups have been pushing false propaganda to incorrectly vilify abortion.  Such efforts are often built upon a negative agenda to stigmatize abortion while severely restricting the freedom of women, which ultimately fails because positive options like getting pregnant again and/or adopting are available to most people.

Can my religion forbid abortion?

No, because religions aren't substitutes for competent medical advice, and because human rights and freedoms take precedence over religious ideals.

Why don't babies have human rights?

Babies do have human rights, but this question is a red herring because babies are not involved in abortions (abortions terminate pregnancies; not babies).  This red herring is intended by anti-abortion advocates to introduce confusion and misinform people by conflating [post-birth] babies with [pre-birth] foetuses.

Why don't foetuses have human rights?

A foetus is part of the pregnant person's body, so every pregnant person's human rights apply to the choices they make about their body.  Attempts to assign a separate set of human rights to a portion of any person's body is an illogical and unrealistic impossibility.

Are pro-choice people playing semantics (word games) by using vocabulary like "foetus" instead of "baby" or "child" or "unborn?"

No.  When a pregnant person refers to their foetus as a baby, they're expressing their intended ultimate outcome of birthing a baby in a colloquial manner.  It's obvious that people mean foetus (or zygote, embryo, etc., depending on the stage in the pregnancy), and in the context of health concerns (pregnancy introduces a wide array of health risks, most of which can be mitigated with modern medicine and modern medical practises) and medical procedures (which is what an abortion is) the word "foetus" is the preferred terminology because it's accurate.

Why is the foetus not recognized as a separate being?

The foetus is part of the pregnant person's body, so the being to whom anti-abortion advocates refer is actually the pregnant person (it's easiest to understand this in terms of "her body, her choice").

Are anti-abortion laws ethical?

No, anti-abortion laws are a violation of human rights and freedoms.  If there are anti-abortion laws in your country, please write letters to your local law-makers (anomymously if using your real name can create problems for you) to express your concerns and to recommend that abortion be protected as a human-right-and-freedom that's recognized as a normal medical procedure.

Why is the anti-abortion/forced-birth position corrupt?

The anti-abortion/forced-birth position is corrupt because in modern, civilized societies the human-right-and-freedom to get an abortion is one of the fundamental aspects of preventing the enslavement of pregnant people who don't want to be human incubators.

Human slavery is a corrupt imposition because it inhumanely restricts its victims' freedom to make personal health decisions and it denies them control over their own bodies.  This is the main reason that the anti-abortion/forced-birth (a.k.a., pro-life) position attempt to force pregnant people who want to get abortions to be human incubators, which is why it qualifies as "human slavery."

Does a contributor to a pregnancy have the right to prevent an abortion?

No, every pregnant person has the human-right-and-freedom to decide whether to undergo a normal medical procedure, which includes getting an abortion.

Can a pregnant person get an abortion without first consulting the biological father?

Whether the biological father knows about it beforehand is irrelevant.  While informing the biological father of the outcome of a pregnancy is a considerate thing to do, it's also not required.

How can a society reduce abortion rates?

Promoting the use of contraceptives and providing proper sex education in a free and just society is the most reliable way to reduce the need for abortions.  The typical anti-abortion/forced-birther solution of passing unethical laws that prohibit abortion results in people getting abortions in potentially-dangerous environments that may or may not be safe, clean, professional medical settings.