Sad truths about YA books on abortion

I chose abortion as the topic to base my final resource list on. This is an issue that I am passionate about, so I was eager to see what was out there for teens. I must say I am pretty disappointed. There are many books about teen pregnancy, but few in which the characters have abortions without facing dire consequences. This is an area where the anti-choice crusaders seem to have succeeded. I think authors are so afraid to depict abortion without consequences because of the repercussions and boycotts that they simply do not write about it. (This largely applies to television as well). Or if they do, the character has a miscarriage in the nick of time and does not go through with the abortion. On the other end of the spectrum, I discovered a number of books written from a Christian perspective that condemn abortion and tell stories of girls that decide to have an abortion and find their lives ruined as a result. I am not including these on my list because I would never recommend them to a teenager (or anyone else for that matter). Yes, I am biased, but I want girls to know that they have choices. Abortion is legal in this country, whether those who do not believe in a woman's right to choose like it or not. For many women I know, having an abortion was a monumental decision, but it was not the defining moment in their lives. I think it is so important that girls know this and are able to read honest accounts so they can see that they are not alone and should not be ashamed and be assured they they do have choices in regards to their future. The list I am going to create would not realistically be able to be handed out freely at public or school libraries, but I am going to make it anyway for my own education and so I will be able to recommend quality books to any teen that would ever come to me. I feel I would owe any girl this much.