quote, abortion does not cure the reality that she is the victim of an assault. quote, it is possible and perhaps likely that the young woman would experience an abortion as an additional trauma on top of the trauma experiences as a result of the sexual assault and cites a website for a catholic ministry against abortion. his memo continues, quote, to decline to assist an abortion is to decline to participate in violence against an innocent life. and although he says he disagrees with the notion that his office is forcing this woman to carry her pregnancy to term, he says, quote, i m convinced assisting with an abortion in this case is not in her best interest. right. despite what she says. he ends the memo saying we have to choose and we ought to proz chooz to protect life than to destroy it. from the director of a government agency. federal government agency. here in this country. in 2017. where abortion is legal and has been legal for decades.