Beth

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2018 United Kingdom

2 years on, I now feel at peace with my abortion. I still get some flaring feelings of irresponsibility and guilt, but I am able to combat these by remembering my valid reasons to decide to go through with it, and reminding myself that I couldn’t be living the life I am at the moment with a baby in tow.

It was helpful to not have to have any surgical interventions. But I was quite upset to have to bleed a lot and didn’t know when the foetus was passing. I may have had to flush it down the toilet which is a horrible thought. But I feel so lucky to have had access to a safe and legal abortion. My abortion has saved my mental health in the long term and given me control over my future.

The father of the baby was psychologically abusive towards me, I didn’t want to have a child with him. I wanted to continue at university and get the best career I could to support a family when I was ready for one.

How did other people react to your abortion?

When I tell people about my abortion - I get the impression that they feel sorry for me. They’re sad it had to happen.

Natasha

I had come off the contraceptive pill as it had me feeling un well, we thought…

Kah

Decisões difíceis exigem coragem.

Carol .

Acabei de começar minha carreira, não quero ser mãe nesse momento

Martina Martina

Un acto irresponsable pero a la vez un sentimiento de alivio.

Bi

Lembro que quando minha menstruação atrasou no primeiro dia eu já senti que…

yerlina

mi decision.una eleccion

Bia Li

Me encontro na cama deitada nesse momento, após ter passado um dia inteiro no…

Gemma

The best decision for me.

Maria Madalena

Fiz um aborto e me sinto muito, muito aliviada!!!

A.

Dzień, w którym dowiedziałam się o ciąży (kolejnej ciąży) był jednym z…

Sarah Brown Sara

A pesar de que tengo la edad suficiente y una pareja estable y en planes de…

G.

Zawsze miałam nieregularny okres, także tydzień spóźnienia nie dawał mi…

Meg

My abortion was NOT THAT PAINFUL. Don't believe in the horror stories!

Lola

Mi decisión

Melanie

No era el momento ni la persona