Actress Ellen Burstyn on abortion regrets:

At the time I was just young and dumb, I didn’t really want to have a baby then. It was the wrong thing to do and I didn’t really understand that till later. That was very very painful, that was probably the worst.…These experiences are–we make a choice, and they have ramifications for the rest of our life…It’s one of the dark threads [in our life’s tapestry]. I try not to allow regret to settle over me like a shroud, because I think it’s an unhealthy way to live.”