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Originally Posted by queenbeesteph

A friend of mine the other day at lunch (oh my gosh - did I just reveal that I have "Lost" lunches with friends where we discuss the show? Yikes!) asked a legitimate question - instead of letting these pregnant women die on the island, why do they not perform an abortion to save the woman, since there is no hope for the baby. I am not stating one way or the other on my beliefs on abortion, so I hope no one else will either. But for the purposes of the show, why is that not an option if a woman gets pregnant on the island?

I too am NOT going to get into my personal beliefs about abortions.. For the sake of the show.. I was first wondering why they don't have a large supply of The pill or any other form of Birth Control.. Then Ben would not have had to worry about Alex anyway.. Being that it is such an important topic on the island you would think when a "girl" becomes of an age where she could even possibily get pregnant put her on birth control.. That way you don't have to worry about the what if's... I think you have a great idea here QUEENBEESTEPH.. Once they know the pregnancy isn't going to work if there are woman willing to try why not just save the mother until Juliette can do more testing and what have you.. Great Thoughts here..
I think part of the reason that they don't is Ben's push to fix the problem.. Remember when Juliette said that she wanted to take a woman off the island as a control.. She told Ben that they were running out of Mothers.. Ben's heartfelt response.. Then we'll have to find more mothers.. Wouldn't the abortions have saved Ben from having to find other woman who could become pregnant???