It's possible to feel ashamed for aborting whilst having thought the decision through.

I thought the decision to have my abortion through very thoroughly. Despite all the medical risks posed to myself if I continued with the pregnancy, knowing that my life could be at risk if I continued with the pregnancy, and making the decision to save my own life on the chance that I could lose it if I continued with the pregnancy, didn't stop me from feeling miserably unhappy about it, and ashamed that I wasn't prepared to take the risk and see it through.

After all, there was a chance - albeit a small one - that both myself and my baby would have survived without incident. I was actually pretty determined to take that chance. I was met with opposition from ALL sides. I was essentially talked into having an abortion.

That is how you can be ashamed about a decision no matter how thoroughly you think it through.

There are women out there who can have abortions without emotion about it. Plenty of them. But there are also plenty who can't.

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We've got rules and maps and guns in our backs, but we still can't just behave ourselves. Even if to save our own lives, we are a brutal kind. The Shins