While 4 abortions is certainly not good for a women’s health, 9 pregnancies would be very, very hard on her body.

If her husband insisted she keep getting pregnant until she produced a boy, and she was not in a position to tell him to “take a hike”, abortions might be the safer alternative.

Pregnancy and childbirth are the single most dangerous activity a engage can engage in. With modern medicine we forget that.