"Now my abortion story is quite different- everyone’s stories are. I’m in a long term relationship with my now fiancé and I was on the contraceptive injection. I was told it was the most accurate form of contraception but I’m one of those .1 percent to only get pregnant statistic spiel they give. I remember feeling so off for weeks but nothing clicked because I was on contraception? There was no way I was pregnant right? Until I bit into a roll of sushi, my absolute favourite

"I have been with my boyfriend for 3 and a half years, just over. We'd been living together for approximately 2 months when I found out I was pregnant. However, we were in talks of splitting up when I found out and he'd gone away to stay with family. When I found out, I felt nothing but sad emotions. I was shocked it was actually happening to me. I didn't even believe I could conceive. I was sad it had happened in this situation and I was scared, so unbelievably scared. I ran

"I just had a surgical abortion on Thursday, July 25, at 9 weeks. I was doing my routine STI check up and the nurse casually asked when my last period was and I mentioned I should have gotten it already, so she suggested I take a pregnancy test, I thought why not? To be 100% honest when she looked down at the test and told me I was pregnant I thought I was going to pass out. It came at me with complete and utter shock. Last I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend was over a m

content warning: unhealthy relationship "I honestly don’t even know where to start but I know it’ll help someone. I never thought I would have to go through something like this but I came to realize it can happen to anyone. I recently broke up with my ex after a 10 month relationship. About 4 months ago I started having symptoms, at first I stopped eating then right after I couldn’t eat food. I would throw up anything I would try to eat. I would go to work and spend most of m

"25. Successful. PREGNANT!??! It was a one night stand with a guy that I've had a sexual past with. We had dated in the past a couple times, and known each other since high school days. Ad every time I saw him out, I just wanted to rip his clothes off. This time, it really happened. I asked if he had a condom, he said no...I thought "OH IT'LL BE FINE!" (little did I know). I even woke up the next day saying, "maybe I should get a plan b????" Nahhhh, he pulled out. I should be

"I am 22, just turned 22. I am not ready in any sort of way to have a baby. My abortion is 3 days. I don't know how to feel at this point." - Anonymous #confusion #youngperson #notready

"I had an abortion -- pre-Roe v Wade -- and that experience, along with the politics of my liberal Democratic parents, shaped not only my political and social beliefs; but, also informed my ethical standards. The life I lead, and most important, the children that I raised, would not have been possible if I had not chosen to have an abortion. In fact, every experience that I had post March 1, 1971-- the day of my abortion -- occurred because of it. Because of my decision, I wa

content warning: suicide, childhood abuse "I wasn't sure about sharing my story, but now I feel like I have no choice. Just like all women in Missouri are about to have no choice. When I was 16, I was told by a doctor that I would never get pregnant. When I was 23 years old, I had left college with no degree, bummed around a few communes with disastrous results, and was back at home trying to make sense out of my life. I met a guy and chaotic love consumed us, even though I k

“I had an abortion when I was 16 years old. When I found out I was pregnant my best friend and I went to grocery store, bought a pregnancy test, and took it to the Panera Bread public restroom because I didn’t want my Mom to find out. I was so embarrassed because all my life my mom would tell me not to get pregnant young and I would always say that I wouldn’t. But the truth is, I never thought it would happen to me and as a result it did. My boyfriend at the time and I were m

“I was a 28 year old PhD student six weeks from defending my dissertation. I'd had an IUD for 3 years and thought my birth control method would protect me from pregnancy. Apparently, my IUD had shifted slightly, and I got pregnant. I went to the doctor when I was (apparently) 6 weeks pregnant... an at-home test wasn't even enough to detect my pregnancy at that point. The 6-week abortion bans happening in the country right now scare me so much, because many women won't trip a

Content warning: abusive relationship “I’m 27 and I’ve had two abortions. Both before 8 weeks. I was in a long term, ABUSIVE relationship that I could not get out of. I chose to have abortions because I would never bring a child into this world knowing they could face the same abuse I was. Not only was I repeatedly beaten every day, but I wasn’t ready for a child. I was on birth control. I did everything I could not to get pregnant, but it happened. I am very thankful that I

“I chose to have an abortion because I’m simply not ready for another child. I have a 4-year-old whom I had at a young age. I’m slowly getting our lives in order now. I was in a relationship with someone for a year, I discovered he was cheating and shortly after, discovered I was pregnant. I hadn’t missed a period yet so thankfully I was very early in my pregnancy. I booked my consultation at the hospital. They give you an ultrasound and take blood. Because I was so early on

“So, I didn’t even have a missed period yet, but I’ve been pregnant before, so I know what it felt like. My boobs were way too sore & my nipples were tender to the touch. I took 2 tests & both were positive. I immediately broke down, because I have had 3 abortions before & I felt so stupid to let myself be put in this situation again. When I had my last 3 abortions, they were all surgical. I was put to sleep with anesthesia & was woken up after and felt crazy cramps. I rememb

“It happened yesterday. I'm 29 years old and already have a five-year-old son. Although my son’s father is in his life every other weekend, I’m a single mom. My son depends on me and his father pays the state MINIMUM in child support. I have a caring boyfriend of a little over a year, however, we broke up a few times through last year due to mostly my indecisiveness regarding commitment. He took the last break up pretty hard and went "back out " (we are both members of alcoho

“Today I had my third abortion. I’m thirty years young, in a loving and supportive relationship, and I was raised upon the principles that abortion is wrong. I found out two days ago officially but unofficially, I just knew I was. I am not in the place I want to be when I become a mother: emotionally and living wise. At this age you have friends left and right having children and you get to see what they experience and the sacrifices they’ve made for their little ones and I a

“I'm so glad that websites like this exist so I can share what my experience was freely and without judgement. I knew I was pregnant before I took the test. For weeks I had been feeling nauseous and I was getting really sad and really happy in equal measures. My hormones were all over the place. So, when I took the test it was no real surprise. I don't have a partner. I found out later that I had missed one of my contraceptive pills 7 weeks and 3 days ago when I had sex with

“I never really know where to start when discussing my abortion, but I want to try in case it can help so here we go? I split with my partner of 5 years in October of 2018 and it was far from amicable, I’m used to cutting someone out completely, but he would always call on private or show up unannounced, so it was hard for me. I never have regular periods so for me to miss a few was not irregular, however, in December I started to realise I could not keep down food. I was sic

“Where do I even start...I’m not going to make this detail-to-detail because it’s a lot and I’m still very emotional about it but talking about it really helps. I found out I was pregnant on January 1st, 2019 (New Year’s Day to be exact.) I knew I was pregnant. Obviously, I missed my period, had a positive pregnancy test, extreme fatigue, really bad mood swings, and I had strong food cravings—mainly for Chinese takeout. I was very emotional, I was already about 5 weeks pregna

“I’m 19 and my due date would have been tomorrow. In June of 2018 I found out I was pregnant. I remember the exact moment the test came back positive as I sat in a service station toilet, by myself, whilst my boyfriend was getting us both a coffee. I hadn’t felt right for week. My period was late and whenever I went to drink alcohol something inside of me told me not to. So, as we drove home from our holiday, I went into Tesco to buy a test, thinking absolutely nothing of it.

“The second I found out I was pregnant I knew in my heart I wasn’t keeping it. The following week the internet became my best friend—every day after work I would watch videos and read women’s stories about their experiences and how they felt afterwards. I finally made an appointment with Planned Parenthood. I didn’t tell anyone but one of my sisters and she was very supportive and agreed to come with me to my appointment. The day of my appointment I was so scared. My anxiety