Used as bi FROM PAGE A8 Doctors stress the im- portance of effective birth control to women seeking aboruon but Dr. M says: “I am not always clear they are taking the full responsibility of the fact that they didn’t do anything to prevent it, and this is not unusual.” He acknowledges that there are people who consider abortion to be a legiumate form of | birth control. “Tam sure there are some people who look upon it as a form of birth control, which to me is repulsive,” he says. “There are occasions where patients come back for repeat abortions and we tend to look at these very criucally.” Some women § seeking abortions change their minds and have the child and often decide to keep their baby once it is born, he says. But of the Pro-Life at- utude that the others should be encouraged to take their pregnancies to term and then have the child adopted Uiney ao not wantit, he says the trauma of abortion 1s usually considerably — less than continuing the pregnancy. “The psychological effect of an abortion ts a lot less than the impact of a full term pregnancy. labor, delivery and giving up the child for adoption. | would think that has got to be one of the most difficult things anybody has gotto do.” Dr. M_ describes the abortion situavon as being YOUNG NORTH SHORE WOMEN have beon appearing as Sunshine Girls in the Nowe tor “a symptom of society” and says: “They are only in- terested in their own specific areas of concern.” He says: “I am not sure it is a terribly healthy situation. There are a lot of aspects about it I am not happy with. It is a product of the free society and the attitudes of society. I think I have come to accept it as a fact of life.” He feels that abortion can be a matter of convenience and says: “The common Situation I run into is that a couple gets married and are both working and develop a certain lifestyle. They are going to buy a house in five years’ time and she gets pregnant and they have to move out of this area and live in Surrey because they can't afford to live here on one income.” Some chose abortion as an alternative and the doctor says: “It is probably an economic decision as much as any other decision. That is a major factor in a tot of cases. I personally dislike dealing with that situation.” kk But society has made up nus mind that that is what it wants, he says, and if there was no abortion committee and thereby no more abortions at Lions Gate the community would be unhappy about it, he adds. Rather than reducing the number of abortions § for North Shore women, he considers such a move would just make them go elsewhere for the operation. years It you would like to see your photo graph in your local newspaper, receive o tree protessional portrait of yoursolt and earn some money, think about posing as o Sunshine Girl Write or call me, Eliaworth Dickson, at the North Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale, 965-2131