s, and reference services for those who need a guide through their pregnancy. Single mothers seek help from these inexpensive services, which are mostly paid for from federal funding. Overall, there should not ever be reasons to turn to abortion if you are a Pro-life supporter, or are there? The government funds some or most of the costs for a child’s nourishment, shelter, and health. Should the government also fund the costs of treating an aberrant infant? If an infant were born premature, due to environmental or maternal factors, the cost of medical aide to keep the infant alive would be flagitious. How do we determine the financial cost of a life? It is impossible, so the government continues to provide financial aid to those in need, with each case of need being different. Few women need tremendous medical and financial aid; others need little or no government assistance. With that in mind, Pro-life activists will seek federal funding to support an infant’s life. There still remain factors of imperfect contraception. Today’s medical research and testing has given women the choice of several contraceptive devices. Included is the controversial “morning after pill”, IUD’s, oral contraceptive known as “the pill”, Norplant, Depo- Provera, sponges, cervical caps, and now the female condom. The pill is the most effective out of the available types, but still it is not 100% effective towards pregnancy prevention. The pill is ranked first choice (after abstinence) among women for effective means of birth control; Norplant and Depo-Provera are ranked thereafter, then IUD’s, the female condom, then sponges, and cervical caps. The morning after pill is an emergency pregnancy prevention form of birth control. It is the only choice for women that is more effective than the pill. It brings on a “natural” aborting of the united zygote, still considered abortion. ...
