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Couple in Bedroom
People rarely speak openly about this very sensitive topic, but when they do, they usually think of young, single women—women who aren’t in stable relationships, are still in school, aren’t financially capable of supporting a child, and just aren’t quite yet adults. But people rarely associate abortion with married couples. Married couples don’t transform into some creatures incapable of mistakes the moment they tie the knot. Their biology and anatomy work the same as single individuals—or as young, destitute, confused, single people. Married couples are just as capable of having an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy as anyone else. And while society is certainly far from lenient on single individuals who decide to terminate pregnancy, it isn’t quite as shocked when those individuals go through with the procedure as it is when married couples do. There just is a slightly higher stigma about abortion and married couples. Here is what nobody tells you about how abortion affects a marriage.
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People judge you even more
Friends and family can think that, just because you are married and settled, you should move forward with an unplanned pregnancy. They assume marriage means being ready for parenthood.
