Abortion is a serious, desperate choice.
Since involvement frequently obscures the full view of abortion, the aspects suggested on this Page may be of value to those who wish to examine the problem from the vantage points, not only of compassion, but of reason. We are not unmindful of the anxieties and anguish of real, live persons who become involved in the experience of abortion, especially the mothers, who are always women, frequently young women. We know of the confusion and, often, the frightening sense of loneliness and despair which accompanies the experience. We know, too, of the see-saw tensions pressing upon parents after discovering an unplanned pregnancy. And we are conscious of the influences of social response to the woman's plight.