A couple movies that touched on the abortion question include "Dirty Dancing" and "A Place In The Sun". I could say that it can feel like a life-ending situati

A couple movies that touched on the abortion question include "Dirty Dancing" and "A Place In The Sun". I could say that it can feel like a life-ending situation to become pregnant but you might not really get it without some emotional connection, hence the movie references. Alternatively, you could imagine a situation where you'd want to punch someone in the face for saying "why don't you just live with it?" and substitute that for how some women feel when they're unexpectedly pregnant. Certainly with legal and safe abortion, many more abortions are performed than would have been in the previous regime. But just like some people will risk their career or commit suicide rather than accept a life changing event, women were willing to risk it all to avoid becoming a mother at that point in their life.