Abortion and Potential Regret

I discovered an interesting blog today: Mirror of Justice - A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory.

The notion that a woman who is pregnant with an unwanted baby might be fully informed about the procedure, the risk to herself and the risk to the baby (sometimes they survive the procedure only to be killed outside the womb), is an idea that is overdue.

According to the blog cited above, the state has a legitimate purpose in reducing the risk that a woman discovers (much too late) that (1) she was woefully uninformed about the above risks, and (2)(my addition) that she has tremendous regret at having chosen an abortion over other legitimate choices.

The blog cites Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in the Casey decision. It is worth a read.