Should morality be legislated?

[DMiller]

Hmm... I agree that "7 by 16" is pushing it, but at the same time, a nagging voice in my head asks, "why is it okay to go through this procedure a couple times, but not excessively?" I don't care for girls who use abortions as a contraceptive, but if it's okay to "kill" an embryo once or twice, why isn't it "okay" to do so more than 5 times? Just playing devil's advocate, here. There will be a toll taken on the woman's body (such as lowering her chances of again conceiving), but that's her decision to make. If it's not morally unsound to "kill" an embryo once, it shouldn't be morally unsound to do it more. Do you view abortion as something that should only be considered a last resort, or a "sin" that's forgivable the first couple times?

It's not the number of times that's the problem, it's the fact that someone is having abortions because she is not using protection. There is no way someone can have 7 abortions by the age of 16 and they are all because the birth-control method failed.