- Our attempt at the rhythm method of birth control had failed, and I knew it instantly.
- He looked at me and started crying as well and held me. "I'm so sorry, honey," he told me.
- I'm 19 years old, and had my second abortion about a week ago.
- The procedure itself was the best I could hope for.
- I believe I made the right choice. I remember my situation. I remember my choice. I give thanks to God that I had a choice!
- The weeks leading up the abortion were a rollercoaster. I had the abortion a month after I found that I was pregnant.
- We had our problems, as everyone does, but we were your typical high school couple...
- I am twenty one years old, and I chose to take the abortion pill in January 2011.
- I can't have another abortion! But I'm not ready for a baby. He's not ready for a baby. I can't have another abortion!
- My only reason for getting the abortion really boils down to the fact that I did not want to be inconvenienced at that time in my life or interrupt the lifestyle I was leading. That is very hard for me to admit. \n
- I called my boyfriend and I was hysterical. "You have to come home RIGHT NOW!," I screamed, "I can't do this all by myself, I need you!" But he didn't come.
- I was 23 years old. I could barely afford to feed myself.
- You'd be happy to know that I'm going to therapy, and it was my therapist's idea to name you and write this letter to you.
- My mom came up with a plan that she would send me the money for an abortion.
- I am about to have my third abortion.
- What I'm feeling right now could be best described as "alchemical." I now have a secret that has forever transformed me.
- I have lived hurting and hating him for making me lock it up inside. I needed to talk about it, and he wouldn't have any of it.
- I thought some type of maternal instinct should have kicked in and made me go through with this pregnancy. But I didn't feel that for the baby... I only felt it in principle.
- After the abortion, I felt guilt, grief, and regret. I come from a strong Christian background, which made me feel worse.
- My emotional reactions didn't match his actions at all.
- I called my mom and told her that I would get the abortion if she would let me come home.
- There was no room for me to say, "Hey I'm really going through a tough time because of this."
- I have to separate the heartbreak from the loss of my relationship from the loss of the possible life we created.
- I got pregnant at 15...
- I put my trust into a place that advertised safe and dignified abortion services. I was treated like cattle, I was humiliated, and my privacy during this immensely difficult time was gone.
- Under the spell of our magical love making one last big idea germinated in my diluted mind. I wanted to have his baby.
- I'm having my second abortion this week. I thought I was going to keep it.
- I was 14 when I found out I was pregnant
- I am with a new guy who knows nothing of this. I don’t think I could ever tell him, or anyone else for that matter.
- I had blood taken, had a vaginal ultrasound, and finally went to see a counselor who explained everything I needed to know about taking the pills.
- Eight months later, I suddenly had this resurgence of emotion.
- I previously believed that people who accidentally got pregnant were careless and irresponsible.
- He showed so much love and commitment to me, but the minute I got pregnant, I felt he no longer respected me.
- It's an understatement to say that I regret my decision.
- my rapist's DNA is my body, he is in my body, he has taken my mind and my body...
- The clinician stated that she called the other local walk-in clinic for me and they would not help me either.
- I carried this pain with me for the past 27 years.
- I met a soldier who came home on leave from Iraq and fell in love with him.
- I woke up at 3 AM this morning, even though I didn't have to get ready until 7. We arrived at the clinic forty-five minutes early for my appointment.
- I love pregnancy, I love birth, I love babies, I love being a mama. But I was done.
- i always believed that abortion was a sin and that it was murder and anyone who had one was going to hell.
- The whole thing was very direct, very simple.
- We drove up to the abortion clinic: a small log cabin in NY state. There was no ultrasound then. It was late December, 1972.
- I am an active member of my church. I try every day to live in the way that God envisions my life.