Standing in the bathroom at 6 am, seeing those two lines on the test, in hand, hovering over the cold bathroom counter; is something you can never truly be prepared for. After telling my partner about the current state of affairs (the affairs being my body), it was...
I am 18 and finishing my bachelor's program. In February, I would've never expected my life to change once I found out I was expecting. My baby was only 4 weeks and 6 days, even earlier when I had found out. Prior, I knew I was set on the idea of abortion, the stigmas...
I had been on the fence about having kids for a while until two years ago when the possibility began to seem more realistic. I wanted to wait a little longer until trying and would have prefered to have another year or so before getting pregnant but my partner made...
My abortion story I didn’t make this decision lightly. I didn’t wake up one day and feel sure. I sat with it. I cried through it. I questioned myself more than I’ve ever questioned anything in my life. In February of 2025, I left my fiancé after I found out he had...
This was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my life. From the moment I had the thought that maybe I was pregnant but dismissed it because there was just “no way I’m pregnant” to the moment I took that pregnancy test and saw those two lines indicating a...
To live in this society means that going through an abortion is a quiet and oftentimes isolating experience. In the aftermath of Roe V Wade being overturned it became not only scary to seek reproductive freedom but also taboo. I found that in the days leading up to my...
I was 38, married to my long term partner, financially stable, a settled and mature adult and as I watched those lines appear I felt myself shut down. I knew my husband would not want this, and I also knew that after my childhood I could not live with myself if I...
I was 22 and had just graduated college in May. My plan was to begin my first teaching job in August, but for now teaching half day summer school was next up. I met a boy one month before graduating that I really liked, we stayed together after graduating. His plan...
I have had the hardest past few months of my life but also the most life changing. And somehow beautiful. But I killed the beautiful part. I was the person here to protect them the most. And now I just have whatever I have. What a position it is when you have to...