There were a lot more risks for me in NOT having it, but I take your point. And on considering the movie, in fact they did tell us that all surgeries at this hospital are filmed and still photographs are taken as well.
You could see the women in the pre-op tour group looking woozy until I said, "THERE's the Christmas card picture this year!"
So, it wasn't really elective surgery in the sense that nearly all abortions are?