> These are women who wanted the baby That's an interesting point. I haven't interviewed an extensive number of post-abortive mothers, so my view is, of course

> These are women who wanted the baby That's an interesting point. I haven't interviewed an extensive number of post-abortive mothers, so my view is, of course, not representative of the whole, but in those few cases I have (via my community work), this was universally true. In every case, there were external factors pressuring the mother to abort the baby despite her motherly instincts pushing back on it at every level. Sometimes, it was a controlling boyfriend, parents, or some other peer pressure. In each case, though, the mother was left scarred for life. I wish more people would openly talk about this.