Both times she primarily felt relieved for herself and all the family members for whom she was responsible. She felt the same relief as the psychologist. There have been many studies that researched what the primary reaction to having an abortion was. One study done by Kaiser Permanent in northern California asked women subscribers how they felt about their abortions. The most common answer was relief.
Abortion also leads to safer contraception.
After a person has to go through an abortion because of a failure in contraception it is found that from then on the couple is much more cautious about safe-sex. Perhaps the abortion is actually a lesson in life. Another positive impact is maturity. Well the most obvious example of maturity is after an abortion the aborted person usually changes their bad habits. This could be anything from safe-sex to everyday things like listening to others.