After-Abortion Stories

The Judgement and Labels

I’m 17. I haven’t had my abortion yet. I have to wait a week because I caught it so early. Maybe I will write another entry after having taken the pills. The abortion itself isn’t what occupies my mind. Ive never in my life thought that if I got pregnant by accident I...

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De Amor No Ibas A Vivir

Un sueño que nunca pudo ser realidad Tenia 5 semanas cuando me enteré de ti me sentia muy feliz ya que eras mi sueño hasta lo comparti públicamente les dije a mis padres que serían abuelos todo estaba bien , aun recuerdo la primera ves que fui a la farmacia a comprar...

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I Know I am A Mother

I never expected a pregnancy. I counted the usual 28 days, waited for my period, and it came right on time. I always dreamed of becoming a mother, but I wasn’t in a rush — especially not after leaving a strange, toxic relationship that had already turned physically...

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Such a Strange Grief

My boyfriend and I had only been intimately together for 2 months after years of knowing each other when I became pregnant. We hit 3 months when I took the test that confirmed it. I had previously been on birth control for 15 years of my life and it had made my life...

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A Story of Intention

Elizabeth was nine years old when her body first turned against her. Doctors called it a compromised autoimmune system, words far too big for a child. What she understood was simpler: she got sick often, she hurt in ways other kids didn’t, and her body didn’t fight...

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Follow Your Intuition

I’m 21 years old, fresh out of undergrad. I found out I was pregnant very early around 3 weeks and 4 days and I honestly didn’t know what to feel. I was anxious, scared, worried, and shocked that a soul was being created inside of me. I told my family and the father...

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Good Luck, Be Safe

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...

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To Baby F

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...

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On the Fence

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...

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