After-Abortion Stories

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...