My ex-husband and I struggled with severe infertility before having twins. Our sex life never really recovered, so when he suddenly was interested for the first time in six months, I was thrilled. That is, until the test was positive. The kids were turning three. He said, and I quote, “If you want this baby, you’ll be on your own. I can’t take any more time away from my business.” In that moment, I knew he was not the man I thought he was and my marriage was over. So it was either bring another child into a marriage that was over, and end up being a single unemployed mom of three children under five, a few states away from family, or give my two children stability while I made my long term plan to return to work and exit the marriage. I had to prioritize the children I already had, just like the approximately two thirds of American women who seek an abortion that are already mothers. It is a choice I wish I’d never had to make, but I am grateful that it was safe and legal. I am dismayed that this right is in such peril today.
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