By some estimates, the aborted woman's chance of later miscarriages doubles. While the cervix can be opened, the uterus was never intended to be vacuumed. Nicks and scratches can cause scarring which may lead to endometriosis. But if those scars are near the opening to the fallopian tubes, the openings can be partly obliterated. Tiny sperm can swim in and fertilize the egg, but the fertilized egg, hundreds of times larger than a sperm, cannot pass back through into the uterus.
Some studies show a five-fold increase in an aborted woman's risk of tubal pregnancy.
Alternatively, the scarring at the tubes' entrance may be complete. But it is in fact her own child, as much like her as any child she will ever have, sharing her appearance, talents, and family tree. In abortion, she offers her own child as a sacrifice for the right to continue her life, and it is a sacrifice that will haunt her. For the last loss is the loss of her peace of mind. For all these losses, women gain nothing but the right to run in place.