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I was extremely lucky to find a safe place for my abortion.

2007 Filippine

I had been to several OB-GYNs in hospitals. I told them I didn't want to and could not have a child but of course, they couldn't do anything because of the law here. Finally, at around 7 wks, I went to an NGO with a couple of female relatives. I felt extremely lucky because one of my relatives works in women's rights so we were able to go to an NGO with a real doctor and a counselor who interviewed me to make sure I was firm in my decision. They made me feel like they understood my predicament as I was young and very incapable of having a child. It's still highly illegal in this country so they were all understandably cautious and destroyed my ultrasound pictures and records. The procedure itself hurt and lasted maybe 20 minutes. I wasn't under general anesthesia but the nurses held my hand and told me to breathe. It felt good having all these women surrounding me. Afterwards, I was able to rest for a while in a lying-in room. My relationship with the father was no good though it lasted a couple more years (covertly) after my abortion. I'm happy I had it and I have no regrets over having it done. I only wish I could have spared my family the heartache and trouble.

L'illegalità del suo aborto ha influenzato i suoi sentimenti?

Yes. I carried a lot of anger and guilt over it because I didn't feel it was fair that only a few people could afford or even find a safe place to carry out their abortion. And I was one of those few.

Come hanno reagito le altre persone al suo aborto?

People were supportive/indifferent/sad. Only a few knew because it's illegal here

Vittoria

Me siento vacía ...

VIcky

Yo aborte

Mónica

Aborté por motivos de edad (demasiado joven)y económicos (era estudiante y no…

Matka Winna

Moja historia

Patricia Bronstein

I was married and had known since an early age that I did not want to be a…

Gina

Porque no era el momento indicado y los anticonceptivos fallaron.

Charlie

An abortion in an abusive relationship

Anne

Que alivio!

Liz

Eu tinha 22 anos, minha menstruação atrasou e meus seios estavam muito inchados.

andrea ka

Yo aborte

Daniela

Y lo volvería a hacer, habia terminado con mi ex pololoy el era super…

E.

Decyzja o aborcji była najcięższą do tej pory..

dessa

fiz um aborto sozinha

Maria Madalena

Fiz um aborto e me sinto muito, muito aliviada!!!

Magda

Miałam...

takajakty

To była lepsza decyzja

Sol

Yo interrumpí un embarazo no deseado.

Sunny

To była moja druga aborcja. Jak się okazało, była dużo łatwiejsza, z…