María

Share your story

Aborté y no me arrepiento. I do not regret my abortion.

2011 Ecuador

la ilegalidad y una sociedad que juzga, reprime y criminaliza la decisión de elegir, provoca inseguridad, miedo y demasiadas dudas (que no apuntan a lo que como ser humano, mujer, individuo, en realidad quieres o no). Un aborto no es planeado ni algo a lo que aspiras, pero tampoco debe ser motivo de culpa, vergüenza o castigo. Una mujer decidida y libre es feliz, siendo madre o no. In a country that is illegal and with a society that judges, punishes and criminalizes the decision to choose, cause insecurity, fear, and too many doubts (that are not related to what a human being/woman wants or doesn't want to). An abortion is not planned or something to aspire for, but it shouldn't be a cause of guilt, shame or punishment. A free and determined woman is happy, being a mother or not.

Estaba totalmente convencida de practicarme el aborto y me había informado, así que tome algunos analgésicos y no fue más doloroso que un cólico menstrual. Después me sentí aliviada, tranquila. I was totally convinced to get an abortion and I was very well informed, so I took some painkillers and it wasn't more painful than menstrual cramps. Then I felt relieved.

no quería ser madre (no sé si algún día quiera tener hij@s), no tenía una pareja estable, no quería continuar un embarazo no deseado. I didn't want to be mother (actually, I don't know if I ever want to have children), I wasn't in a stable relationship, I didn't want to continue an unwanted pregnancy

Did the illegality of your abortion affect your feelings?

Por supuesto, en mi país por ser ilegal fue difícil y peligroso (riesgo en mi salud y de ir a la cárcel). Estaba asustada. Of course, in my country is illegal, so it was difficult and dangerous (risk in my health and going to jail). I was scared.

kate swanson

I didn't intend it to, but safe, legal abortion played a huge part in my family…

Naad

I had an abortion when I was 23 years old

Ianne

A cry of freedom for all women who are dictated by the mentality of the norms…

Lauren Jackson

I got pregnant while in college in Tennessee in 1976 and had an illegal…

M C

Fiz um aborto de aproximadamente 4 semanas e tomei o cytotec que o amigo da…

Jude

....because my pregnancy was unexpected and I did not want another child. My…

Magui

La mejor decisión

Sol

Yo interrumpí un embarazo no deseado.

Javiera

Yo aborte en Chile, en pandemia gracias a Wow

Gemma

The best decision for me.

Val

Am I a horrible person

Issy

Tome una decision

Laura

Fue una difícil decisión a pesar que no es mi primer aborto. Sé que tengo un…

Rosa

Yo aborte

Dália

Eu li uns 100 depoimentos que me ajudaram muito ,então decidi escrever para…

Bobbie

The first time I was too young the next I was old enough to know I had no right…

Warrior

Sinceramente eu não imaginei que passaria por isso esse ano. Mas sabia que um…

H

I had two abortions by the time I was 23 and a third when I was 29. All…