Women are desperate. In 1996, a young couple in Delaware hid their pregnancy, delivered their baby in a motel room, then, allegedly, dumped the newborn in the trash. They seemed to have everything going for them, including good schools, family support, bright futures. But, apparently, in their lives , it was not acceptable to talk about sexuality, birth control, pregnancy, or abortion. Everyone wonders what they would have done if they felt they had other choices.
Women feel isolated.
Though more than a million women have abortions annually, many women don't seek comfort from family and friends for fear of ostracism and hatred. Women choose abortion because their very survival as the person they are at the time depends on getting an abortion. Society must trust women to decide. We recognize that abortion is a complex personal decision. It is a decision in which women weigh their responsibilities to themselves and their existing families.