On March 11, 1970, Hawaii became the first state to make abortion a personal matter to be decided between a woman and her physician. Within six weeks the authors were urgently consulted by two hospitals regarding the acute psychological reactions their nurses were having in response to their abortion work. A few group sessions with the nurses quickly revealed that their transient reactive symptoms were due to an acute identity crisis regarding their nursing role caused by their abortion activities.
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