ABSTRACT
For Ann, pregnancy came both unexpectedly and too soon. Although her relationship with her fiancé was deepening and becoming stronger, at 27 she was still regaining her self-confidence after a previous divorce. Choosing abortion reflected a conscious assessment of what she needed to become emotionally healthy and whole again; she felt pregnancy at this point would have hurt her progress and was simply not how she wanted to begin motherhood or life together with a new husband.
