After-Abortion Stories

Quite a few declarations were made long ago by a young, sheltered, inexperienced, and perhaps foolish girl: I will never have an abortion, my family will be different. I will not have any regrets. I never expected this particular event to happen. Along with a few bombshells/reality checks, my world … [Read more...] about Broken Warrior: The Story of an Asian-American Christian Woman

Submitted by: Diana To my unborn child.....I want you to know that from the minute I found out I was pregnant, I cared for you. You were such a surprise because I thought I could never have children again. Unfortunately, you came at a unpleasant time. Your father and I had just ended our … [Read more...] about Two Miscarriages, One Birth and One Abortion

Submitted by: IH It’s been 8 months since I had my abortion and it’s one of the biggest regrets of my life. I found out that I was pregnant the day after my 20th birthday. Having been diagnosed with PCOS at 15, I was told it would be harder for me to conceive, and that I would most likely need … [Read more...] about Miss

Submitted by: Natalie I think we all would never imagine ourselves in this situation, but here I am. I am a 30-year-old female who had an abortion a few days ago. I am married and have a wonderful spouse. At the time I am in graduate school and unemployed. I thought I missed my period as it is … [Read more...] about A Glimpse of us

Submitted by: Marilyn Clayton I had an abortion in November of 1980. I thought I was 8 weeks pregnant at the time. The doctor said it was more like 10 weeks. We were using natural birth control, i.e. the rhythm method or the mucus method. Obviously it wasn't reliable. I was not in good mental … [Read more...] about November of 1980

Submitted by: MoMo It has taken me almost three years to finally talk about this. The more I keep everything to myself, the more it hurts me. I am ready to talk about it. I hope I can reach out to other women who feel similar to how I did and still do. You are not alone. You deserve respect. You … [Read more...] about I’m so Sorry

Submitted by: Ashly Lorenzana I’m a thirty-four year old sex worker from Portland. I’ve been in the industry for around seventeen years, during which time I’ve had a total of seven abortions. The most recent of which was in late December of 2021. I am childless by choice, making me part of … [Read more...] about Thirty-four year old sex worker from Portland

Submitted by: Alicia Vervain This anger is cold.Empty. Hollow.It is not the raging fire of a forest sparkingagainst the black sky. It is that sky.It is the ash and smoke and charred meat of bodiesthat have more valuethan the lives they inhabit,whose wombs carry more potentialthan they … [Read more...] about Martyrdom is the last resort

Submitted by: Clarissa It's been almost a year since the abortion I didn't want to have and I'm still grieving. Between the stress an unplanned pregnancy caused in my relationship & the constant reminder of it because women's healthcare is all over the news as abortion rights are constantly … [Read more...] about Abortion Grief: If only I listened to my gut

Submitted by: Jen That's what I have to write on all the medical forms - of which there have been many, since my abortion 2 years ago. Two years full of regret, sadness, and a collapse of my previously stable mental health. My first pregnancy was to a man I didn't want to be with. I … [Read more...] about 5 Pregnancies, 3 Live Births, 2 Terminations

Submitted by: Sarah N. The “trauma” of my abortion has nothing to do with the abortion, and everything to do with the guilt and shame forced on me by conservative parents who also forced shame and guilt on being pregnant and unwed. Of course they didn’t say it explicitly to me, but they raised me … [Read more...] about Abortion Was Actually the Least Problematic Part of my Abortion

Submitted by: K L I have had two abortions on separate occasions. My first time, I was 23 in 2017. It was with a man that I had just started dating and our condom broke one night. We thought nothing of it. I became really sick and took a pregnancy test at urgent care as a precaution. They … [Read more...] about I Made the Right Choices, But I Feel Regret. Especially on Mother’s Day.

Submitted by: Kerri I had an abortion awhile back and I literally think of it every day. I have multiple friends who are pregnant and all due around the same time as my baby would of been. I'm trying so hard to be excited and I really am for them, but I am terribly sad and miss my baby so much. I … [Read more...] about Confusion

Submitted by: LJ How do you deal with an ongoing family issue around your overall family being anti-choice. I talked about my abortion publicly in detail and alluded with no specifics that someone else in my extended family had to make a hard choice to end a pregnancy. Then I posted this on a … [Read more...] about Happy With My Choice. No one Else is.

Submitted by: Julia I found out I was pregnant in mid January. I told my fiance that day after work. We had been dating for 8 years, engaged in August and planning our wedding for Oct 2022. We are both 26 with stable jobs and rent a 3 bedroom house. He told me it was my choice and he would stay … [Read more...] about Please Forgive Me

Submitted by: Nancy Last year on January 12 I had a surgical abortion at 12 weeks. I have been in and out of a relationship for 11 years with the guy who got me pregnant. We have 2 kids already ages 8 & 10, but this time around when I found out I was pregnant, I knew I couldn’t have it. … [Read more...] about Once Again Here

Submitted by: Arohanui I am a 29 year old woman from New Zealand. I'm feeling grateful and relieved today, because I've successfully completed the process to surgically end my unwanted pregnancy. feeling gratitude for my supportive friend, who dropped me off/picked me up.feeling gratitude for … [Read more...] about Feeling Gratitude

Submitted by: Emilia I’m a woman who has had two abortions. The first one was “an acceptable” one, the other not so. I’ve struggled with my mental health almost my whole life. My second abortion made me more depressed and anxious I have ever been. It’s been almost two years now and I still … [Read more...] about Terminating a (Poorly) Planned Pregnancy

Submitted By: S My abortion was a life-saving measure. February something-ith 2020, I was a shell of a human. My boyfriend was cheating on me, confusing me, abusing me. I had been with him for three years, and had been totally convinced by him that every problem we had was my fault. Thus, him … [Read more...] about My Abortion Saved My Life

Submitted By: Anonymous I found out I was pregnant shortly after my 21st birthday. I recorded myself looking at the pregnancy test, thinking if it was positive it would be a great memory to have for the baby. I was excited, nervous of course, but I felt like I was being given a purpose. My … [Read more...] about Struggling With Regret

Submitted by: MC Through reading the testimonials I've read and seeing that most of them are women who have gone through the process. I felt the need to write for the girl who is yet to start that journey, unsure of her decision but knows in her heart that inevitably, it is the right thing to … [Read more...] about A Road Not Walked