"What are you talking about, miss? Why would you want an abortion?" the woman asks, shocked, as if I’ve said something horrendous. Maybe I have…

"I… I don’t… Can you just tell me if it is possible?" I ask.

"It is. But our hospital is against abortion. You’ll have to go to another one, miss. Many women cannot conceive a baby; they keep on trying. Yet here you are, trying to get rid of your own child," the woman mocks in a cruel tone.

"You… you have no right to say that. You ...