Sharing Our Stories: Exhale’s National Pro-Voice Tour

Sharing Our Stories: Exhale’s National Pro-Voice Tour

We are storytellers and we’re hitting the road to talk with you – college students across the country – about our experiences with abortion. We’re on your campus to listen, share stories and spread the pro-voice message.

Sharing Our Stories Tour from Exhale on Vimeo.

Meet Us!

(Click photos above to read our bios, motivation for joining the tour, and tour schedule.)

We are women who come from all walks of life and who have diverse personal experiences with abortion. And, we are all pro-voice.  We want every person who has experienced abortion to feel connected, heard and understood.

Add Your Voice

The goal of Sharing Our Stories is to let every woman who has had an abortion know that she is not alone. Please join us by posting a message that conveys your support and respect for every woman who has had an abortion. Let’s take a public stand, and together, we can let every woman who has had an abortion know that she is loved. (Each story will be reviewed by a moderator before they go live on the website, and not all stories will be posted. Stories that are selected to appear on the website will be ones that honor wellbeing and display our community values.) See Exhale's Community Guidelines)

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  • My Easy Way Out?

    The decision for me was made sitting on the toilet bowl that morning starring down at the double lines of the pregnancy test, it was never about what if I did this, or that or would I keep the baby. I was simply not prepared at 37 and a newly single parent of 3 children,( I held guardianship of my 16 year old cousin at the time) to take on more financial responsibility.

    I went to a women’s health centre near where I worked first to determine how far along I was, I was sure I was only a few weeks, in truth, I didn’t feel pregnant, I look the same, no morning sickness that I had with... Read more

     
    —Mel Walters 1 week 6 days ago
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  • Time Does Heal

    It was 1990, and I was 20 years old. I found out that I was pregnant just as the one year relationship I had been in was ending. My "then boyfriend" told everyone it was not his baby, even though we both knew I had been faithful through out the relationship. I was devastated because I had always dreamed of having children, but working as a receptionist and waitress was no way to provide the security and care that a child deserved. I could not tell my family that I was pregnant... only 2 close friends knew and helped me through it. The actual procedure is very foggy.... I... Read more

     
    —Perry Hunt 3 weeks 18 hours ago
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  • Just a Kid

    I was just a 16 year old kid when I had my abortion.

    My best friend, a male and also 16, was kicked out of his house and my dad told him that he could live with us. We had been close friends for three years so he had spent several nights on our sofa.

    Just a few months before, my stepmother convinced my dad that I was a lier. She would fill his head with horrible lies about me and he would believe her and he would beat me sometimes just to shut her up. I ended up attacking her and they did everything they could to put me in jail. My aunt stepped in and defended me and got my... Read more

     
    —Nameless Nameless 3 weeks 1 day ago
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  • I couldnt tell anyone.

    When I found out I was pregnant I just turned 21. Found out towards the end of january and was told the date of conception was end of october. I didnt even know.. The realization that i was pregnant. on my birthday. and didnt even know it.. When weeks is used it doesn't sound as far along as I thought. 14 weeks. I panicked. I couldn't tell anyone. Only person I had was a complete stranger to drive me because i couldn't tell anybody. I had the D&E procedure at 18 weeks. Nobody tells you what to expect. Nobody tells you how much it will change you. Mentally and physically... Read more

     
    —Reia anonymous 3 weeks 3 days ago
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  • etapa de la vida

    hola tengo 22 años, estudio en la universidad y no trabajo.
    mi historia empieza un dia despues de mi cumpleaños #21, yo estaba bebiendo con mis amigos y llego un compañero de clases, todos nos fuimos a su casa a continuar la celebracion.. este chico y yo mantuvimos relacion sexuales.. y empezamos a frecuentarnos ..no lo tomamos tan a pecho, el tiempo paso y un dia quede embarazada decidimos no tenerlo y constinaur con nuestras vidas.. actualmente estoy embarazada y al parecer tomare la misma decision, el esta en una relacion y no se ha interesado en mi bebe, es bastante dificil saber... Read more

     
    —luciana nn 2 months 1 week ago
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  • scheduled in 2 weeks...

    Im so happy I found this board, have been reading your stories all night, crying & finding hope.
    I found out this morning I was pregnant, within a few hours I was sitting in planned parenthood watching their videos and scheduling the medical pill abortion. This all happened so fast, all I could think was "I need this out."
    Now laying here at night, it's really getting to me. I have no one to talk to (no one I'd want to talk to actually), I feel so embarrassed and ashamed and unresponcible.

     
    —nicole r. 2 months 2 weeks ago
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  • My Story

    I am a 29 year old student, I have been once married, with no children. I have a supportive and caring boyfriend who has been with me for only 7 months. 9 weeks and 3 days ago, the pull-out method failed us, which I discovered 4 weeks after the fact. I knew something was a little off with my body even before I got the positive result from my pregnancy test. I was enjoying my summer off from classes, and dreaming about what field I would like to go into after college (I will be an RN). I had also just gotten a fast-paced sales job for extra cash during the summer, because financial aid... Read more

     
    —L L 3 months 3 days ago
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  • My "due date"

    Well, here it is. My theoretical due date is right around the corner....and I am not doing well with it. I realize it's unhealthy to count, to think about my alternative life like this. But every time I see a protruding pregnant belly, I feel like someone has kicked me in the guts. "Look how happy she is", I think. "I wish I could have been happy about it".

    My life is lacking focus. Work is becoming mundane. I am in need for something to challenge me, keep me stimulated and driven. Maybe culinary school. Maybe a move to a new city. Something else needs to... Read more

     
    —Sarah Jane 4 months 5 days ago
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  • A Wave Of Regret

    It was December 2013 and a week before my 22nd birthday when I found out I was pregnant. I had been with a guy for a year but still we were not "official". I was in love with him though, and for that year did everything I could for him with hopes that one day we would make it official. Well I was a few days late and took a test to find out it was positive. When I told him he said he wasn't ready to have a baby and that he thought it was smartest to have an abortion. He also talked about how I hadn't finished school yet and I would have to quit the dance team I was on. I... Read more

     
    —Hannah C 4 months 1 week ago
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  • It's been 10 years...

    It's been 10 years since my abortion. 10 years and today--right now-- is the first time I've ever written about it. My story is much like many others. I was married, had two children, a career, etc. Getting pregnant again was a surprise. It had been extremely difficult getting pregnant with my second child and so, I guess, we weren't as vigilant. Regardless, I was pregnant and to add salt to the wound; the foundation of my marriage was slowly crumbling. Thankfully, I lived in a part of the country where Planned Parenthood provided safe abortions. But, it was... Read more

     
    —Lauren L 5 months 3 weeks ago
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