Casey

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Medical abortion, 19 years old

2014 Vereinigte Staaten

Although it was probably the right choice to make for my future, I have felt very guilty about it and still cry about it months later. I keep seeing the little fingers in my mind and I just break down. I feel empty and seeing little kids sometimes makes me feel angry or sad. I'm not sure how to get over this. I could not continue my relationship with the would-be father because he did not feel the same sadness I felt and it made me so angry because I couldn't understand how not. Sometimes I get upset that nobody tried to convince me to not get the abortion, although I am not certain that would have changed anything.

It was pretty painful, especially the first day and I was very nauseated and bled for several weeks. At eight weeks pregnant, I almost missed the cutoff date to be able to have the medical procedure, I'm not sure if i could have gone through with the surgical one. I was fortunate to be able to do the process by myself instead with doctors I don't know, and also I consider myself lucky because I was able to see the baby after it passed and give the baby a final resting place of my choosing.

I chose to have an abortion because everyone seemed to think it was the best choice as I still have a lot of education to go and am not very well-off financially.

Hat die Illegalität Ihres Schwangerschaftsabbruchs Ihre Gefühle beeinflusst?

Well it was legal so no.

Wie haben andere Menschen auf Ihre Abtreibung reagiert?

Everyone I told thought that it was the "smartest choice" to make at that point in my life and they were very supportive.

michel

i'm irish, i had an abortion while living in the netherlands.

Macarena

Yo aborte , con oxapros en Buenos Aires tengo 24 años

Eli

Difícil decisión

Typh N

C'est une décision difficile qui fait mal au corps au coeur à l'âme mais la…

Miqueyla

No me arrepiento de lo que hice. Abortar suena demasiado frío , asi que mejor…

I had an abortion and I'm not ashamed

Rene Suárez

A mis 24 años, en mi último año de carrera, sin nada estable, ni trabajo, ni…

Leah

I was twenty years old, terrified, and completely alone.

Daniela

Tengo una hija de 4 años, pero aun asi yo aborte este año.

AM

I had a surgical, had two kids, and then had medical abortion.

Marghe

À la limite du délai légal, j'ai avorté à 18 ans et 1 mois. J'étais soutenue…

Lucy Bennett

I was almost 5 months pregnant and I had no idea. I had just turned 16 and me…

Belen

Mi experiencia con Oxaprost. 7 semanas.

Alice

This is how it went for me

XHTarv

Too selfish, and ok with that for now.

Charlotte Sigler

I had an abortion