After-Abortion Stories

I miss you. I’m sorry I didn’t realize how much I loved you before I made my decision. I still believe in a woman’s right to choose, and I take full responsibility for my choice—but I will miss you forever. Money was tight. My village was small. My heart aches knowing...

Becoming a mom has changed how I feel about my abortion six years ago. I'm now a mom to a newborn baby girl and the grief of the previous abortion has impacted my pregnancy and being a mother now. I was passive in my decision making, putting all responsibility on the...

I never would have thought that abortion would be a part of my story. Of my life. As pro-choice as I have been my whole life, I just never imagined I could be in such a situation. Well, there I was. Nearly 30, with a loving husband, double income and our own flat. We...

October 1st 2024 was the worst day of my life. After that dreadful day no one tells you it’ll be agony, challenging and haunting. My life after an abortion has been truly challenging and difficult. I'm in agony screaming for help inside but I can’t seem to get it out....

We find out I was pregnant already 6 weeks in. It was the last thing my boyfriend and I ever expected. In the past it was easy to know when Plan B was needed, this time was different. We enjoy having drinks often and I had been drinking nearly every weekend leading up...

A year later I am laying in bed, visiting my father in WI, and still navigating grief. Earlier today, he showed me baby pictures of myself and tears swelled up immediately. A year ago- I made a choice that seemed easy at the time because I had made it before, and I...

The first time it happened I already wasn’t in a good place mentally. I was smoking weed, taking pills, anything just to feel numb. That day we had sex, I smoked and mixed some pills, my (now) ex completely unaware. I don’t even remember it ending. I just woke up...

I didn't get to know you in the ways that I wanted. But I'll always carry you in my heart. Things didn't go the way that I wanted them to. But you'll always be part of me. Whenever the time is right, you will not be replaced. Only have I known about you for a week,...

When I found out I was pregnant, I was with a friend. It was a surprise for sure. We joked about how I’m pregnant and how it was too early to have a baby. I told my boyfriend later that day, joked about it and told him not to worry. That I would “take care of this”. A...