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Most women don’t even realize they’re pregnant by 6 weeks, the only reason I did was because I monitored my period like a hawk
..so grateful for the angel of a nurse who held my hand throughout the whole procedure and who understood that my tears were ones...
Abortion saved my life and I will not stop fighting for the right to choose until that choice is given back to us.
The decision wasn't easy, but I'm so glad I made it.
It’s not an easy decision, but it is yours to make.
It’s time to prioritize myself.
Abortion is necessary and normal.
I am very grateful that I am still able to make this choice so I can have a healthy, happy pregnancy and child when...
I regret my abortion every day, and I am also grateful every day that I still had the right to make the decision.
I’m so grateful for the life I have now because of my abortion.
I’m not sad. I don’t regret my decision. I’m at peace.
I’m also gonna be a fucking awesome mom one day when I’m ready.
I am proud my abortion gave me a second chance at life.
It's been about two months and I struggle with what ifs, shame and guilt and all the rest. But I do not regret it.
I’m very glad abortion was an option for me.
I will not stop fighting until my child has the right to choose. And for their children, and thereafter. We will not stop.
I wish media would be more gentle and understanding of women who have abortions.
I’m very grateful I had this option available and I can still try to obtain the life I want.
I’m happy with the choice I made and extra happy that when I did have a kid two years later, I did so consciously...
I’m so glad I was given a choice to choose what I wanted to do with my body.
I made the right choice.
Just like women can’t have children for physical reasons, I feel psychological reasons should be given just as much consideration.
I had entered a sisterhood I didn't know existed and I now knew my voice was needed to champion its cause.
There has never been a day in my life I have regretted my choice to abort that pregnancy.
We talked about celebrating our abortion as a way to close a chapter in our life and appreciate the choice and privilege we have...
Planned parenthood is an essential part of our healthcare system and we must continue to work towards accessible care for all.
All pregnancies should be wanted and those who do not want to complete a pregnancy shouldn’t have to.
...what I remember from that abortion was my relief...
If I get pregnant again before I'm ready, I will have another abortion and I will be just as glad.
This was my reason for getting an abortion, but I don’t believe that anyone needs a reason other than “I don’t want to have...
My heart breaks for every person that doesn't have that same freedom to choose right now.
This body is mine. This choice is mine. My life is mine.
I’m grateful that safe abortion gave me the choice to become a woman who felt agency and power over the direction my life could...
I understand better than many, on a visceral level, how important an abortion can be to someone’s future.
it feels like I’ve broken generational cycles and chosen myself
Being pregnant for two weeks was much worse than the actual abortion in my opinion!
Seeing the two lines on not one but two and then three pregnancy tests was exciting and heartbreaking at the same time.
Me and my spouse have no regrets but we do think about how old that fetus would be now and what our life would...
I’m religious so I didn’t know if this was a sign from God that everything was okay or if I should turn back.
I have never felt so many feelings at once, so many feelings it left me numb.
It’s hard mourning the loss of someone you can’t really tell people about.
A friend had told me: if this was a dream and you would wake up, would you want it to be true?
I wanted to hold him in my arms more than anything‑ but I couldn’t risk him being in pain.
My abortion made it so I was able to be there for my little family, hopefully for many more years to come.
We asked his soul to move to someone desperately seeking a child and find us when we're ready...
I believe having that abortion was a blessing in disguise.
I made a choice that I believe both my grandma and mother desperately wanted access to when they found out they were pregnant
One thing that stood out to me most right after having the abortion was how simple it was.
that is what choice is and that is what choice means and I refuse to feel shame.
I am glad that both of us were able to get the procedure when we needed it, but I wish everyone could have my...
My body didn't even feel like my own anymore. It felt like I had to walk around with a ticking time bomb in me.
I couldn’t carry this baby. It just wouldn’t be fair to myself and my family, but most of all my children.
My mother fiercely protected me from the invasive protestors. She is my hero.
I want to share my story, not only to raise awareness on HG but to provide another perspective to those going through it.
I had made a truly irreversible decision that changed the course of my life forever.
I never got to grieve in the way that I would have liked to be able to.
I did have a home. I did have an income. And I could raise a child. But I didn’t want that then.
All abortion is, in some way, to save the life of the mother.
I will never know if my decision was really mine because I didn’t have the information I really needed
only because of my earlier decision were we able to create a thriving, healthy, happy family of four
There are countless health issues that arise during a pregnancy that constitute medically necessary grounds for terminating a pregnancy
Abortion shouldn’t be shamed, we need to stick together and be able to talk about it.
I think I wanted to be a mother more than I wanted a baby
I thought all I would feel is relief. But I feel sadness too.
Prior to this, I often would say that I was pro‑choice but it was not a choice I could make.
For the longest time, I felt like I didn’t deserve to mourn you, because I made that choice.
I begged him to pay for the majority of the abortion and held my tongue at all the horrible things I really wanted to...
I've seen a lot of things, but I saw the best and worst of humanity that week and I am not the same because...
I believe no one should be forced to birth a child that they don’t want or aren’t prepared to care for.
Shame works like a self imposed gag order.
Turns out they weren’t even licensed, and they lied to me about how far I was.
I have discovered that if all this played out again I would have made the same choice.
My abortion has allowed me to feel like a whole person again.
I knew why I was doing it and I knew I felt no connection to the blur of cells on the screen.
I remember when I gave the note to my gym teacher...she was angry at me and I got angry right back and said to...
I needed a hip replacement if I were to walk again. They also informed me that hip replacement surgery could not be done while...
Purity culture made me believe that my body was not my own.
it took this experience to open our eyes to the fact that we weren’t in fact ready emotionally or financially
I have always been thankful for that compassionate doctor.
I did choose life. I chose my own. I chose to put myself first.
The most basic gift we can give children is to be wanted and loved. Every child should have that starting out.
In order to prevent sepsis and preserve my fertility for future babies I would need to have a therapeutic abortion.
Carrying the pregnancy full term meant that I would be taken off my medication
i realized that i wasn’t special, or alone. that amazing people make this choice every day.
to my surprise the whole experience felt like bad period cramps...
My abortion was essential to my health and well being and I am the only human on earth that decides that.
The physician who cared for me held the space for my grief and pain, supporting one of the most difficult times of my life.
It is up to all of us to be that helping hand or listening ear for our friends in whatever manner they choose
I walked out with no bleeding, no discomfort and with a huge weight lifted off of me
I didn't have enough money to care for myself, let alone a baby.
I learned later that antibiotics for strep throat weakened my Birth Control although no one told me that was possible.
It was frustrating with all the hormones that I wasn’t able to control.
My first reaction was happiness because I had the right intuition and because my body was able to create a human being...
It was so appalling to get no support whatsoever from anyone, even from medical professionals.
I got a tattoo to remember what I lost but also to help me cope and forgive myself.
He manipulated me by saying that if I got rid of the pregnancy that he would stay and love me
Happiness was never a thought in my mind when it came to the fact that I was carrying a child.
I wish I didn’t feel like such a bad person for wanting to go through an abortion this far along.
I feel a sense of loss for the baby I will never have, even though I didn’t want a fourth child.
I had my second abortion yesterday. I had my first abortion 8 months ago.
My abortion did not trigger my mental health decline, but I think that the experience did.
I believe I was met with angels that day.
I didn’t choose abortion because I hate babies
He wanted me to spend the rest of my life coping with the consequences of a choice I didn't get to make for myself?
I knew I did the right thing, but so many people were trying to persuade me I didn’t.
As a nonbinary person, being pregnant was extremely traumatic physically and emotionally.
My wish is that someday no one is led to parenthood because they simply had no other choice.
I felt comforted by the staff and even the other women who were waiting with me. I realized that abortion is normal and I...
That abortion wasn't just about me, it was about my family.
I thank God for abortion and for the choice I was able to make to stop my child's suffering and also to make the...
No one ever talks about the nuance of emotion that comes with abortion.
Anytime we would argue or fight, which was even more constant, he would hold my abortion over my head.
I came out of the surgery and was hit with a wave of gratitude and pure happiness.
I knew having an abortion was the only way to make things right, but I still felt shame.