"When I was working on a state Medicaid dataset, I once came across an individual in the dataset who had had 7 abortions in the span of 2 years."

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I am a public health social scientist and often work with very large datasets of clinical data from people who have had abortions.

When I was working on a state Medicaid dataset, I once came across an individual in the dataset who had had 7 abortions in the span of 2 years.

I could see where she had her care. She went to several different clinics for her abortions, even though her residence remained the same. Likely this was due to abortion stigma and she feared being judged by the clinic staff.

At the time, I was relatively new to abortion and was very concerned about her. But over time and after observing a few procedures, my thinking on this changed. 

For some people, abortions are so much easier than all of the barriers and side effects to using contraception year round.  If abortion is the method she chooses to control her fertility, who am I to judge her? 

I can see the many benefits, it is a procedure that can be done in 5 minutes, in some cities warm and caring providers are plentiful and ready to help, and the costs are covered like they are for contraception in this state. What is the problem in that?