"It hurts so much!" The woman burst into tears upon seeing her boyfriend.
She had been over three months pregnant when she came in for the abortion. Since the fetus was already formed, she underwent a dilation and curettage procedure.
Perhaps the anesthetic was insufficient, or it wore off too soon; the woman felt an excruciating pain.
The man kept whispering comforting words to her as they walked into a ward together.
They, too, felt they had no choice. They weren't married yet, their jobs were unstable, and the pregnancy was unexpected. They wanted to keep the baby but couldn't afford to, so they chose not to have the child.
The woman, having suffered such physical and mental trauma, would likely never forget the child she had cruelly abandoned, especially if she were to become a mother in the future.
Some, like Adele Horne, had just become pregnant and chose a medical abortion.
