Abstract: | The required interview with a counselor before legal abortion in France can become depressing for the counselor because almost all clients are already committed, interpret it as one more bureaucratic barrier, and in mass appear as numerous cases of failure. Despite this the author tries to be open and nonjudgemental in order to permit free exchange and reconsideration, and to dispense information on contraception and social services. She encountered only 4 reconsiderations in hundreds of interviews. |