Roe v wade No one wants to need an abortion, in the same way no one wants to be raped, to be carrying a baby that will die before it’s born, to use contraception properly but still become pregnant, to be dumped by the father of their child, to be too young to know the facts, to be too ill to cope, to be too poor to have another mouth to feed, to have a baby in a fallopian tube, to be carrying too many foetuses, to be lied to about vasectomies or it not being possible the first time.