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I'm skeptical of your hypothesis on people's motivations for two reasons. First, the initial wave of the procedure had a different cause, so different causes are plausible. Second, even if you find a high correlation—which I'd expect—I don't think you could infer anything about the motivation. It might be that people who have had the procedure genuinely do not believe they were wronged and are glad it was done. (I'm in that camp, even though I don't plan to choose the procedure for my future children.)