Emma

Comparta su experiencia

I got pregnant the first time I had sex. I was just 18 and knew nothing. I was desperately in love with the father, who was older than me. I knew we should be using a condom, I even said that to him the night I lost my virginity, but he still had sex with me without one.
He also had a fiancée. I thought he would leave her for me, I was stupid and believed every word he said.

I just knew I couldn’t have a baby, I was barely an adult myself and I was scared. I made up my mind I had to have an abortion, it was my only option.

After I had the procedure I felt relief. Then when I got back home the father rang me and told me it was over between us. It shattered me. He had a baby with his fiancée a year later.

Twenty years on and I still feel regret about my decision. I feel as though it may have been my only chance to have a child and the whole experience has really fucked me up.

Of course when I consider the situation I think I made the right choice but it doesn’t make the pain any less.

2000 Australia

The awful thing is your feelings can change as you get older. I never thought I would feel so sad about having an abortion when I was so convinced it was the right thing to do when I was young.

I was scared as hell and thought I may actually die. I realise now I must have been in severe shock. All I remember was walking down a dark corridor into a surgical room, then I remember lying down with my legs in stirrups, counting back from ten. Then I woke up and some nurse was checking a pad between my legs to see how bad the bleeding was. It is literally like a nightmare that happened to someone else.

I wanted to go to University

¿La ilegalidad del aborto afectó sus sentimientos?

No.

¿Cómo reaccionaron otras personas a tu aborto?

My family was very supportive.

Ayshy

Aborto cytotec 5 semanas

Daniela

No era el momento, no me arrepiento.

Laura

I had a surgical abortion at Planned Parenthood in Beacon, NY at 4 weeks.

Cathy

Tuve que hacerlo

Katy Nunes

Meu corpo: minhas regras. Eu decido se e quando quero ter filho.

julie

My life became changed

Anna

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Tamsen Reid

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Lindsay Millett

I had an abortion

Ana Vargas

Mi aborto lo hice a los 14años hoy tengo una hija de 23 años y un hijo de 17…

M C

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

Miqueyla

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

Lise

I had an abortion and I don't regret it. It was a hard decision but one I knew…

ROCÍO

Lo logré....estoy tranquila

Bree

It was the right decision just hard than i thought it would to deal with

Iolanda

Ser solidária com quem abortou e defender a descriminalização jamais me fez…

Viridiana Aguilar

I had an abortion