Casey

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Medical abortion, 19 years old

2014 United States

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.

Did the illegality of your abortion affect your feelings?

Well it was legal so no.

How did other people react to your abortion?

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

Katie

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Giovanna

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Urszula

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Javi

La historia, tal cual, detrás mi aborto

Bee

I felt very guilty but relieved . I was way too young to be a mother.

Yvonne

My abortion was what needed to be done at that time. Deep down me I know I…

M C

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

Abree

Medical abortion at 9wks 5days

Lu

Unexpected feelings

Alice

Bom, há algumas semanas eu já vinha desconfiando de uma gravidez, embora não…

noha

y la verdad para mi fue un alivio, esto comenzó un el mismo dia que decidi…

Emmy Smith

It was the best decision of my life

Han

Don’t confuse ‘what ifs’ with regret.

Abril

Por un aborto libre, seguro y gratuito.

Priscila

Há 5 anos atrás fiz um aborto,e hoje vejo claramente que foi a melhor escolha e…

Samanta

Uma escolha difícil.

Letícia

Terça, 08 de agosto de 2017, 8:00 h.
Foi esse dia que eu descobri que estava…

Jora

Fiz um aborto e o momento foi muito delicado. Primeiro que fui procurar os…

Meg

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

Tiffany

I am still healing from my decision - it really is a wide range of emotions.