For many women the regrets and wistful what-ifs they indulge in after an abortion rank slightly below, say, “What if I had chucked economics and majored in art?” Ask around, and you’ll find that more than a few women have abortions and get on with their lives – sometimes both in the same day,…
take the local lawyer who, at 27 with a great job and a devoted boyfriend and potentially doting grandparents nearby, chose to abort when she became pregnant after accepting a better job. Any regrets?
“Actually, I barely remember it. When people ask me if I’ve had one, my first instinct is to say no – not because I’m blocking it, but because, as opposed to all the emotional accounts I’ve read about abortion, mine was a non-event.”
Carolyn Hax, “No Birth, no Pangs; for Many Young Women, Abortion is a Given.” The Washington Post Mar 21 1993
