"Out of all of the stories I’ve heard, I haven’t heard one exactly like mine. And that’s okay. I want to share my story on the off chance someone is out there experiencing something similar to me. I’m 32 years old. I am in a loving relationship with my boyfriend. I am a home owner, and I work full time in corporate America. I came into this process with an extreme amount of privileges. I have never physically wanted to have children... ever. In the midst of a global pandemic,

"I am 36 years old, and I have two children. I have a 16 year old daughter, and a 9 year old son. My children have two different dads who I am no longer with, and I have been seeing someone new for 2 years. When I found I was pregnant I was scared at first then excited. This pregnancy would make a total of 6 pregnancies in my lifetime. I had 2 births, 1 abortion years ago, a miscarriage, and an ectopic. The ectopic was 3 years ago and left me with one tube on my right side. I

"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

"There is still some secret shame that lingers inside, coming from a religious home, coming from a Bangladeshi home. I'm 23 now. I had grown up thinking being a mother was all that a woman could be. That motherhood was the ultimate end goal. I didn't mind that dream. It felt secure, warm and comforting, to create and live in a loving household, without physical or verbal abuse. I had a different childhood growing up, and the male figures in my life were not supportive. I stil

Content warning: child abuse, suicide, infant mortality “Background: I was born into an Irish Roman Catholic Family. More or less. My father was of Irish, English, and Scottish descent. But the family identified as Irish. Big time Irish. My mother was from Swedish, English and Welsh descent. He was raised Roman Catholic by his mother in the strictest sense. She was raised a Methodist in North Dakota. She converted when she married father. They wanted to have six children. Whi

“My abortion appointment at Planned Parenthood in California was on March 26, 2019 at 11:30am. The first thing they did after checking me in, was asked for my urine. I was called in and then walked to my exam room. There was a table and ultrasound machine. Staff personnel asked some questions first about my pregnancy and then other pregnancies I’ve had, along with a basic history of my health. I got undressed from waist down and soon a Nurse Practitioner came into the room an

“I fell ‘in love’ while in high school. So blind & useless at everything that I fell pregnant when my life was falling apart. While kicking it with my ‘then’ boyfriend, I would always come home to a troubled family. I would always forget that I had a human being growing inside of me, I was too focused on what my problems were than my own child. My true feelings were that happiness all mothers feel when finding out but at the same time I had a heavy heart. I couldn’t tell my p

Content warning: suicide, rape “My suicide, as a gift to my Dad. I was fifteen, motherless (she died of cancer,) and raised by an upstanding, beleaguered, and loving Catholic Dad. At a beach party a guy "friend" dragged me behind a dune and raped me. I see that now, as an adult. Back then I thought I was imprudent. Too flirty, and culpable. Two weeks later I was vomiting in the bushes on my way to babysit for a neighbor when it occurred to me that I was pregnant. My stomach s

“Towards the end of my senior year of high school, I had a casual encounter with a guy that was a little older than me. One thing led to the another and we ended up having sex. In the past, I have always tried my best to be safe and careful. I was on the pill throughout my sophomore and junior year (but had to go off it due to hormonal imbalances) and would never have sex without a condom. But this time, I wasn’t being careful. Nearly five weeks after, I began to take notice

"It has been one year and nine months since I had the surgical procedure on Friday, October 21 2016. It stills feel unreal. At the time, I was 15 years old. I have been raised in a traditional Catholic household to a very traditional Republican family. Given this, I was afraid to ask my mom if I could start the pill because then she would know I was having sex. I have been dating my boyfriend for the past 2 1/2 years, and I can honestly say I could not have gotten through thi

“I am 27 years old, I have a 8 year old son. I also have PCOS, I found out I was pregnant right after my mom passed away, I was scared because of the complications that happened with my son when he was born. I live in the south, so with that and my southern baptist religion abortion around here is never talked about. My husband and I made the choice together to have a medical abortion. I felt relieved after my first visit to get the first pill. I was only 5 weeks along, so I

“It was my junior year of college. I had just completed all of my pre-requisites for the Nursing program and received my acceptance letter to start clinicals for the Fall of 2018. I was in a 4 year relationship with my high school sweetheart that I had intentions to marry, I had a wonderful job on campus and I would be the first in my family to ever go to college. Never in a million years did I think that a simple ‘cold’ would mean that I was pregnant. I was poor, living on a

"Scene 1979, cold winter night, the stick turns pink. I jump up to pace, only to pass out. No it wasn't the shock of being pregnant. It was because my 5'7, 18 year old body was in physical shut down, as I weighed 104 pounds of nutritionally drained nothing but bones and skin. But... I wanted a baby more than I could ever want to admit. I wanted loved, to be loved, feel love. But that wasn't to be. My doctor, my psychiatrist, my nurses all knew the viability of my fetus wouldn

“Growing up in a small town in the Midwest, you are surrounded by people who all think the same. Most of them are Christian and where I'm from all of them are far right Republicans. All through my childhood I heard the same things from everyone. Our President was an idiot. Homosexuality is an abomination. And abortion is the most selfish, heartless thing anybody could do. And you bet I believed every word of it. I remember my Junior year of high school I wrote a persuasive pa

“I grew up with a Catholic father and went to a Catholic high school. My father took away my voice by never allowing me to speak up for myself, and was taught that being respectful meant never talking back. So I was incapable of vocalizing my anger and disgust when the priest's at my high school showed the entire school community a pro life film. I was horrified, but because I had never learned and was never encouraged to speak my truth, I kept my anger bottled up. Instead I

"I am 18 years old, in a steady relationship and wasn't really smart about my sex life. I come from a super religious Catholic family who is very strong in their pro-life beliefs. At a young age I would go to pro-life walk for life events and was so instilled with the fact that abortion "is the worst possible thing somebody can do". But, I was always so doubtful about and would always question myself. Did I really believe that or was it just what u should believe? The day I f

"Im 22 years old attending my 3rd year of college. I have always been pro choice because I know there are special circumstances out of our control. I was raised and still am a Catholic. I never in a million years thought that I would be one to go through with the dreaded "A" word. I was in an on again off again relationship that was never even official with a guy I met in college. We have not known eachother long and he was not consistent in my life. The night after we had se

"I want to share my abortion story because I want to give comfort and peace of mind to those out there who are scared about abortion with no one to talk about it. I feel the need to tell my story for those who are searching for answers, options, and have an idea of what to expect. I will start by saying I do not regret my abortion. I actually felt more relieved knowing I was no longer pregnant at a time I did not need to be. It is kind of long, but I want to share a detailed,

"Hello. i recently had an abortion. This is my story. i am 23 years old. i am studying art and computer animation in college. I've got one semester left before i graduate. i live with both of my Catholic parents since going to college in America is so expensive. i can't afford to live on my own with my minimum wage job. I've been dating this guy for about....6 or 7 months? We've been friends for years and knew each other way back in high school. He's a great guy and when i fo

"I am 22 and found out I was pregnant on February 11th, 2016. I was late but after coming off the pill a couple months prior, my period was irregular so I did not think much of it. I used condoms with all the partners I had sex with so I did not think being pregnant was not a possibility. I remember being a week in a half late so I wanted to take a test to just confirm that I wasn't pregnant. I took the test and couldn't believe that the pregnancy line came up within a matter