Posted AT 9:15 AM EDT on 15/01/08
The unthinkable shmashmortion
When I was a teenager in the mid-sixties, an unwanted pregnancy was a nightmare. One girl I knew who did not want to tell her parents travelled secretly to a small town to visit a semi-competent abortionist. Another 17-year-old friend had an abortion performed on her family's kitchen table by two women who injected a saline solution into her as her wealthy mother stood by.
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