When Doctors speak about their experiences, it can be a powerful thing.
A short editorial from the NYTimes about Roe vs. Wade.
Here
Abortion is a tender subject for many of us, myself included.
This is a testament to the time before legalized medical treatment.
Expectations are a source of pain.
True. But so is gout. Which I have, currently.
Nowadays it's not so bad, because the symptoms can be caught and treated early. What it was like before modern anti-inflammatories, I dread to think. (Apart from anything else, that toe joint is close to the blood supply to the toe. So it becomes hard to sleep, because you get a pulse of pain every time your heart beats.)