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• In the country where I was living, abortion was illegal and punishable by 10 years in prison.
• He was late picking me up at the clinic after the procedure (3.5 hours to be exact) and it was pouring rain. I cried.
• It happened while I was in South Africa at an artist residency in Cape Town.
• I previously believed that people who accidentally got pregnant were careless and irresponsible.
• I saw the Bojangles cup sitting there and wondered how many times a day she filled it up and what she was drinking. It took only a minute or two, and then back out to the rows of chairs.
• He showed so much love and commitment to me, but the minute I got pregnant, I felt he no longer respected me.
• We were using condoms and I was on birth control, so it was like a complete anomaly.