Decision can leave legacy of loneliness

Sir — I read so many complaining that the difficulties they are experiencing because they had an abortion is because it happened in another country.

I come from a former communist country. Abortion was available and many women had abortions in their own community, but the pain is the same as that of those women who travel on a plane or ferry to the UK. It is not the place where it occurs but the relationship of a mother and baby cut short prematurely that causes the pain.

Many feel the loneliness of old age without the son or daughter that should be there. Many feel deeply guilty for ending that life. Barbara Krawczyk, Ennis, Co Clare