Ian's treatment of Claire

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> APRIL

> I have to step in here, because I just hate that question!  If my mom

> had aborted me, her life would have been MUCH better, and she would

> almost certainly not have died of an ulcer when she was 41.  And I would

> have never known the difference!

> 

> WASHBURN

> What a little hellion you must have been.  Really, aren't you being too

> hard on yourself?

> 

> APRIL

> Yes I was, but that's not the reason.  My mom was divorced in a time

> when almost NOBODY was divorced -with no support from my dad, and with

> no education.  My presence was a financial burden, a time burden, and

> kept her from finding another guy who might have been good for her.  My

> existance did nothing but ruin my mother's life.

> 

> WASHBURN

> Whew!  Glad to hear it wasn't your fault.  You seemed to be almost

> confessing to murder by ulcer induction.


(laughing) No, and in spite of what it sounds like, I don't consider her
hard and too brief life my fault.  Even had abortion been legal, I don't
think she would have had one.  But I think it's a pity she didn't.

April

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