<p>Readers respond to an article by Roe McDermott saying that women don’t need laws to make them ‘reflect’ on their choices</p><p>Well done to Roe McDermott for saying what is rarely said – that abortion doesn’t lead to inevitable regret (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/26/abortion-trauma-myth-irish-women-patriarchy">Abortion trauma is a myth. Irish women don’t need laws to make them ‘reflect’ on their choices, 26 May</a>). My own experience of one, many years ago, was that it was in fact a very straightforward decision – I didn’t want to become a mother, so I didn’t. End of.</p><p>What was maybe most confusing about it was that I somehow felt that I should feel more hesitant and conflicted than I actually did, that I wasn’t a “proper woman” because I wasn’t more upset about it all.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/abortion-regret-and-the-right-to-decide">Continue reading...</a>
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Abortion, regret and the right to decide | Letters
<p>Readers respond to an article by Roe McDermott saying that women don’t need laws to make them ‘reflect’ on their choices</p><p>Well done to Roe McDermott for saying what is rarely said – that abortion doesn’t lead to inevitable regret (<a href="https://www.theguardian.
