Because individual opinions and beliefs differ, different women have different emotional responses to abortion. Some see abortion as a solution to a problem, and feel a sense of relief after the procedure. Others feel that by having an abortion they have killed a young life, and consequently suffer from pangs of conscience.
因為主觀的想法和認定不同，實際上做過人工流產的女性，心情上也有個別差異，有人覺得麻煩因此獲得解決，「如釋重負」，也有人覺得自己彷彿謀殺了一條生命，「良心不安」。