Woman Who Regrets Her Abortion: When I Hear a Baby Cry, “It’s Like a Knife Turning in My Heart”

From a post-abortive woman named Bernadette:“I became pregnant in my late teens, and 10 weeks into the pregnancy I had an abortion. A trusted doctor assured me that the procedure would be simple, effective, with no aftereffects. I was never told that abortion would lead to deep depression, that every time I heard a baby cry it was like a knife turning in my heart. Abortion is supposed to be a quick fix for an unwanted pregnancy, but there is no quick fix for regret, grief and the pain of loss. T