During her college years, Mathewes-Green was a pro-choice activist and viewed abortion as a right that all women should have, regardless of the consequences. She effectively uses personal anecdotes throughout her writing to inform the audience about the negative aspects of abortion. Mathewes-Green “was strongly in favor of legalizing abortion...we thought that few abortions would ever be done...we expected that abortion would be rare” (P 1,4,6). The reader can tell that she regrets thinking that few abortions would happen and Mathewes-Green realizes her mistake in thinking that would be true. She tries to convince the reader that no harm would be done within the process, but she admits that she was very, very wrong later on in the article.
