[Hildy]

You're wrong...how many women and girls have abortions? ALOT. You think they're all on the verge of nervous breakdowns? The ones who talk about it are very vocal..others just go on with their lives.

[Diamond]

You're wrong...how many women and girls have abortions? ALOT. You think they're all on the verge of nervous breakdowns? The ones who talk about it are very vocal..others just go on with their lives.

They have lives to go on with because they weren't chopped up by an abortionist.

Cordially,

[Mrs. Don-o]

Nobody said that "most women who have had abortions are on the verge of a nervous breakdown."

I would guess that many women are still processing their experience for years afterward. I recommend my friend Annie Gottlieb's excellent blog, especially "The AmbivAbortion Rant, Part I" (and Parts II and III)

http://ambivablog.typepad.com/ambivablog/2005/01/note_this_essay.html

I mean this in all sincerity: she reminds me of you. Do go there and dig into it. She ob viously does her own thinking. Extremely honest, intelligent, original writing!

She's not a snapshot. She's a moving picture. So are you.