From one abortion provider:
“She [the patient who just had an abortion] asked me if she could have the pregnancy… I gave it to her in a jar… She wanted to put it in the – River, at a place she knew that felt special to her. I told her I thought a goodbye ritual like that would help her move on. We had a long, long hug before she left.”
Carole Joffe Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: the Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us (Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 2009) 121
Remains of an abortion at eight weeks
