Ashley Engbrecht

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At the young age of 17, I was the victim of sexual assault. There is nothing more terrifying than someone taking your control from you in the most viscious way possible. As a result of this incident, I became pregnant. I was so ashamed and full of fear, as I didn't want this for myself or ask for it in any way. I didn't tell anyone but my mother. I didn't tell anyone as I feared backlash from friends who were clearly against it, but I knew what was right for me, and it was not to graduate high school carrying a child of rape. I was able to receive access to misoprostol at a planned parenthood facility. Two days later I miscarried in the most painful event I've ever experienced. My mother rushed me to the hospital to receive treatment. The judgement and negativity I received from certain nurses was almost unbearable, I am glad I was doped up on morphine for most of the night. All I felt from then on was shame.. Am I monster? I am now 23 years old and I look back, healed but scarred, and see what I have accomplished, who I've become, and who I will be because I had the opportunity and choice to change my destiny. I wasn't destined to be a mother at 17. Many times after my experience I had friends go through the same thing. Only then did I share my story for the first time and realize I wasn't alone. What I did should not be shamed. I will graduate from college in May and start graduate school for Early Childhood Education in the fall.

2010 États-Unis

I felt so many different feelings at once. I was confident in my decision but I've never felt anything so heart wrenching in my life. It was still I tough choice, but one I am glad I made.

Painful, but I believe the pain I experienced is not common. I had no complications following the process.

Comment les autres personnes ont-elles réagi à votre avortement ?

I have kept it very much a secret. I have only told people who I knew would be supportive, as I feared ridicule. 6 years after the abortion, I finally told my father. He was very compassionate and supportive, which surprised me with his conservative views. Many of my family and friends to this day do not know.

Nthati

It was a difficult but necessary choice to have made.

Eveline BANGOURA

Bonjour je partage avec vous mon expérience aujourd'hui jeune fille de 18ans…

Sara

Abortar era la decisión que debía tomar...

SouthernBelle

No Regrets.

J D

My now husband and I got pregnant the first time we slept together. We were…

Camila

Yo aborté los miedos, la pena, el vacío y el amor.

Miqueyla

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

Newyor7891

I had an abortion

Meg

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

Almma Crysta

Supe de mi embarazo el 19 de enero de 2018 por una ecografía transvaginal que…

lolita

fui libre respecto esta decision

Julia

Razem z moich chłopakiem znamy się niecały rok , jest ode mnie młodszy o 4 lata…

Jess

I had two...it was not a hard decision, and I'm glad I did it. Now, I'm a…

mimi

mi aborto. siempre te voy a recordar pequeña semillita

Anne Jellinek

I had two abortions in my life: one when I was 21 and newly married and one 8…

Macarena

Yo aborte , con oxapros en Buenos Aires tengo 24 años