In Necessity and Sorrow: Life and Death in an Abortion Hospital by Magda Denes (1976-10-03)

Denes is, in her own words, "a proabortionist with a bad secular conscience." In trying to come to grips emotionally with her own abortion, she immerses herself in an abortion hospital, observing patients, staff, and herself. "In Necessity and Sorrow" is as much an exploration of the human condition as it is of an abortion hospital, and the observations are often bleak and disturbing. Denes brings you along on her hellish journey, compelling you to contemplate the reality behind the rhetoric. Read it and weep.

Denes is, in her own words, "a proabortionist with a bad secular conscience." In trying to come to grips emotionally with her own abortion, she immerses herself in an abortion hospital, observing patients, staff, and herself. In Necessity and Sorrow is as much an exploration of the human condition as it is of an abortion hospital, and the observations are often bleak and disturbing. Denes brings you along on her hellish journey, compelling you to contemplate the reality behind the rhetoric. Read it and weep.