Content warning: childhood sexual abuse, abusive relationship, rape “When I was 4-6 (not sure when) I was sexually abused. I repressed the memories until I was 14. When the memories came back my home life was also really bad and I (I always such a good kid) was lost. I dated a bit and then had my heart broken and I was left by all my friends. When I thought no one liked me, a guy found interest in me. I instantly devoted myself to him, the dumb kid I was. He got me into drugs

“I had just graduated high school. My boyfriend was a year younger than I was and we’d been together since I was a freshman. My junior and senior year I started noticing we were both unhappy… he was different. I slowly began noticing I was seeing him less and less. It became normal that we were only seeing each other at school during lunch. We barely held hands, went out, or even kissed. He would hide his phone. He blocked me on social media when I’d have my outbursts, tellin

Content warning: emotional abuse “My name is Cila and this is my story. I was 13 years old when I had to make the biggest decision that would change my life forever. Growing up I have always known that I wanted to be a mother. I have always adored children and I was always around them. I had a boyfriend at the time - he was 16 - we were in a very serious, mature relationship that was never able to keep stable and faithful because we were both kids trying to have a serious rel

“On the 26th of January 2019 I had a surgical abortion at 11 weeks (what a way to start my year). I had recently found out that my boyfriend (now ex) was cheating on me. It was not the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or even 4th time I had found out, he was emotionally and physically abusive towards me and I couldn't imagine myself bringing a child into a situation like that. I had fallen out of love with him and I honestly couldn't stand him anymore. On the day of the abortion he insisted he

“I was 24. On December 26, 2015 I found out I was pregnant. Three months earlier I had gone through the worst times of my life. My boyfriend that I had for five years just bought a one way ticket to go do his hobby. I didn’t want him to leave and I had made a rash decision to just break up with him. I met a guy that I worked with and turns out he was on meth. He was upfront about it. I’m the type of person that tries to “fix” people cause I see the good in them. He told me th

“I found out I was pregnant with twins a while ago. I never felt such a mix of emotions. The father of the twins became very verbally, emotionally, and physically abusive towards me. The relationship was so unhealthy I realized if I kept the babies I will be risking my life. Because the father was clearly showing signs of unstable and ugly behavior... after a lot of back and forth, I decided to go through with terminating the pregnancy because of the health of the relationshi

“I was in my 30s, engaged to an alcoholic, and had finally made the decision to leave him as I watched his behavior get more outrageous. Three weeks after I left, I missed my period. I assumed it was from the stress but I knew that wasn't like my body to ever miss. I was exhausted as well but I was severely bloated which I wrongly assumed meant my period was about to start. I took a pregnancy test a week after my missed period and it was positive which wasn't scary, it just f

"I have had 4 abortions. In 2006 I gave birth to my first child her dad was abusive, alcoholic and on hard drugs. I made a bad mistake by getting with him. By the time my child was 5 months old I became pregnant by him. I knew I did not want anymore children with this man so I begged my mom for abortion money. she didn't want me to do it but I pressured her until she gave in. I took the abortion pill at 6 weeks pregnant. I felt bad and promised myself that would never happen

"My story is pretty messed up and I’m sharing it that maybe someone else suffering kinda from the same situation can get help. I have to start out that I am gay but I had slept with a one guy in the past in 2007. 5 years later on April 3rd I ended up making a mistake and I slept with my best friends husband. I never liked to be alone with him and I always got a bad vibe from him and the one and only time I decided to hang out with him, we had sex. I didn’t think anything of

"In 1975 two years after Roe vs Wade I had an abortion. I am now 67 years old and when I think about what is occurring at this moment in history I am sad and angry. Sad because a woman’s freedom to choose may be threatened when she is most vulnerable. Angry because we are facing a threat to reproductive rights that was gained 42 years ago. It is frightening to me that those who are running our country are taking us backward. I was married three years and we were having marita

"I had an abortion in april last year. I had an abortion because my boyfriend told me I would destroy his life. I had an abortion because he said I had manipulated him. I had an abortion because my mother said I had to have an abortion because the mans decision is crucial and it’s important that both partners want the child. I had an abortion because my mother told me it would be selfish to have a child with my work schedule. I had an abortion because my mother would not help

“I was 17. Found out that I was pregnant and didn't know what I was gonna do. My boyfriend and i were on the brink anyway and I didn't want a kid to stop me from going to college. I was ranked 8 out of 325 students and planning on going to a big college to do big things one day. I know they say that having kids is amazing and I believe it, but not when you are 17, your boyfriend sucks, and you want so much more. My parents have always put so much pressure on me (I couldn't ge

"I am currently 19 years old and i found out about 2 weeks ago that i was 6 weeks pregnant with my (now ex) boyfriends baby. At first I felt nothingness. I starred at the pregnancy tests with him as we sat in the bathroom. He was happy but i could tell he was a little nervous. I honestly felt nothing. And its been a while that i feel nothingness over a very serious event. After that we decided to go to go to the doctor to confirm. And of course after 3 positive at home tests

“When I was 19 I met a guy and after a few times of hanging out we had sex. He was in the army and told me that because he was "pumped with so many steroids and bs" while he was overseas he was probably sterile. Which I didn't necessarily believe but I was ignorant and didn't ensure he was using protection anyway. A few weeks later, no period, positive pregnancy tests. At first I was in total shock, since our first meeting I found out a lot of terrible things about this guy.

“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 believe in reproductive freedom. I believe in the right to choose. I believe in abortion on demand, and without apology. Women’s rights, especially abortion rights, are intensely important to me. It is crucial that women have the right to determine their own future and make decisions about their own bodies. This issue is close to my heart because I have had an abortion, and I’m forever grateful that I had a choice; that terminating a pregnancy was an option for me. In the

"I was 17, I was ill for weeks and never thought I would be pregnant as I'm on the pill. One day my mum was really worried as I was constantly being sick, so I took a test. Using a clear blue which said 3+ weeks. I turned out to be nine. My decision was rushed so much, I didn't know what to do. I was so young and I felt like I had no one to turn to. My boyfriend wasn't very supportive, he told me he'd leave me if I kept it as he wasn't ready to be a father. I'm still with him

"I always thought that abortion was something I would never do, proving it by having my first child at the age of 17. I had him and relied on my mother for a lot, and somewhat from the father, when he occasionally decided to help a little financially. Today my child is one and a half years old, and almost a week ago I had my first abortion by pill. I was pregnant with the father of my child again, but had encountered many infidelities and found myself being cheated on once ag

"I was dating this guy for six months we talked about a family and getting married. He decided one day to kick me out. A month later I found I was pregnant. I sent a picture he said he didn't receive the positive test. It was just lies with more lies. Then joy, the next day he said someone else was pregnant by him. Our children would be a month a part. He lied and cheated. I was distraught, disappointed he later said he was joking. It was too late I took the pill. I never wen

"It was just last month, I was in a relationship with the same guy for 3 years! I thought I was finally going to become a Mom, something that I have always looked forward to. When I told him, he was no where near as excited as I was. After a long talk I decided that It was appropriate to get an abortion. I have never felt better about my decision. It turns out when all of this went down he wasn't there for me. I did it all on my own, went to all doc appts and took care of mys