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.

Renata

Calma, eu sei seu desespero. VAI DAR TUDO CERTO! #FORÇA

Nthati

It was a difficult but necessary choice to have made.

Mar

aliviada

Serena

I had an abortion

Kate

and I'm so relieved

Silvia

Nunca arrepentida

Carol .

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

Chinchulina

I come from a country where abortion is legal but due to my personal…

J D

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

Constanza Arely

El ser madre debe ser una decisión, una de las mejores experiencias que vive…

Tha

Primeiro, Calma!

Vamos lá, tenho 31 anos um filho de 7.
Voltei a me relacionar…

Andrea

And it was just fine. I had just turned 20, and was living in a rented room in…

Sara

Tome la decisión ya que anteriormente (a los 15 años) ya había tenido un…

mery elizabeth

tomando la decisión de mi vida

Raquel

Perdón a mis angelitos!

Gaby

No me arrepiento