The clinicians are confronting novel reactions from patients, too. In addition to questions of spiraling desperation—how much time do I have? Why can’t you help me? Where do I go? How can I get there?—they are seeing an unprecedented outpouring of anguish. They have also noticed a troubling rise in feelings of regret.
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According to several studies, abortion regret is remarkably uncommon. In one study of 667 women who’d had abortions, 84 percent said they had only positive feelings or none at all about the abortion they’d had five years ago. Though 54 percent of the participants said the decision was very or somewhat difficult to make, over 95 percent said it was the right decision for them.