 "Impossible Motherhood" generated controversy on publication for the revelation that the author had 15 abortions in 17 years between the ages of 16 and 33.Vilar confesses to an "abortion addiction" and argues that the abortions were an act of rebellion against her controlling husband who did not want any children.In the memoir she described how between the ninth abortion and tenth pregnancy she "needed another self-injury to get the high."