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Orr is a former journalist who never lost her interest in ordinary people and the unusual situations they find themselves in. The author is, of course, referring to the Abortion Legislation Act 2020, which makes it easier for women to end an unwanted pregnancy and removes the need for women to prove they’re mentally fragile. It also allows abortion to be treated as a health issue, not a criminal act. It’s a topic Orr knows a bit about: her latest novel,
Loop Tracks, tells the story of Charlie, a 15-year-old schoolgirl who finds herself pregnant after her first sexual experience, which may or may not be rape.