A survey showing that most post-abortive women had no regrets about their choice is prompting questions and responses from pregnancy centre employees and a pro-life advocate.
The online poll of 1,805 Canadian adults conducted by the Angus Reid Institute, released Nov. 22, found that 16 percent of Canadian women have had an abortion and 15 percent have carried an initially unwanted pregnancy to term. And while 4 percent have done both, 5 percent preferred not to say. This data is based on the responses of 921 female respondents.
Of the 146 post-abortive women respondents in the sample, most (65 percent) said they made the right decision, with no regrets, while 28 percent said they made the right choice but carry regrets. Six percent said they made the wrong choice and a small remainder were unsure….