"or fear of what women will have to face if abortion is abolished, such as pregnancy and dirty diapers, not to mention *shudder* the abstinence needed to avoid that threat."

And if as in some families the man says no contraception.. baby comes along... have an abortion or else.

"I was a jerk with women, but at that time I saw myself as being a 'nice guy'."

Is that your way of explaining why you put all the blame on the women?

"Tell that to feminists who say women do all the work."

I'm not a feminist so that's irrelevant. ;P

"I'm not saying all women will regret it, and many of them will buy into the kind of response I'm anticipating from you about this... I'm no longer a liberal, but that doesn't mean I've forgotten how liberals 'reason'."

That doesn't even make sense.

"I believe abortion is bad. So?"

Ok.... Pretty much everyone agrees it's not nice. But you can't blame the women, especially in a country like yours where in many areas 'men rule the roost'.

Or do you believe conservatives don't have abortions?