Despite the fact that women went through abortions in the US in the 1900’s, there were laws that restricted women to go through abortion but no like today, “The early twenty-first century the United States has seen a wave of state legislation aimed at curtailing the availability of abortion that in many ways mirrors earlier legislative efforts from the nineteenth century” (Lahey, 1), new laws were added in the past 50 years that restrict women from going through an abortion. However, the girl in Hemingway’s story was very distressed by the idea of aborting her baby. Hemingway states,” 'no it isn’t. And once they take it away, you never get it back'” (362). In other words, the girl does not like the idea of “losing” her baby, but she will
