I will always be haunted by a film of a forced abortion done to a Chinese rural woman who was over the limit. (I can't remember if it was her 2nd or 3rd).
Our social studies teacher showed it to us in high school. I'm glad he did but with me it was like 'preaching to the choir'.
She was at least 5 or 6 months along by that point. Very upset, of course. That was the worst part. They didn't show the actual abortion, just her laying on the stretcher waiting. Just the thought of someone killing my baby would be enough to send me over the edge. By that far along the baby has been kicking for quite some time and one grows rather attached.
and i was stunned and traumatized by a photo of the dead and still bloody corpse of a woman who tried to self abort prior to the legalization of abortion. she was on the floor, blood seeping from her body.
i will never forget it and will always believe that a woman is entitled to a safe medical abortion.