Karen [last name withheld] was considering abortion. When asked by a social worker if she was sure she didn’t want her baby, she said:
“No, I need things. When mommy needs shoes and baby needs shoes, you know who gets the shoes. No, I don’t want no kids.”
She aborted, then went on to have 2 more abortions. When she finally did marry a man who wanted children, she was unable to have them,
Kate Maloy and Maggie Jones Patterson Birth or Abortion? Private Struggles in a Political World (New York: Plenum Press, 1992) 118
