Emma

Deel je ervaring

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 Australië

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

Had de illegaliteit van je abortus invloed op je gevoelens?

No.

Hoe reageerden andere mensen op je abortus?

My family was very supportive.

Magda

To była moja decyzja!

AM

I had a surgical, had two kids, and then had medical abortion.

Aleksandra Magdalena

Czesc! Jestem mężatka, mamą i zdecydowałam się przerwać ciążę.

Misa Mary

soy feliz,soy libre, aborte!! fue la decision mas acertada y feliz que pude…

Anne Jellinek

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

Karolina

Przez problemy z tarczycą, totalnie rozregulował mi się cykl… i doszło do tego…

Sofia Ignatius

I had abortion n all went well

Morrigan

I don't regret it. It was one of the wisest decisions I ever made in my life. I'…

Ashley

I got pregnant at age 44 after a birth control failure. I am so blessed to…

Ka

O dono do meu corpo e do meu destino sou eu, e não a sociedade hipócrita e…

DeOne

Its gonna be the first time i speak about my abortion.
I was just a 25 yo girl

Jaq

I was 21, and nowhere near ready or willing to carry and birth a child because…

Maria F M B

Yo aborte: Hoy en dia es difícil enfrentar la sanción moral que existe en…

Mariana Leitão

A tal história do “ engravidei por acidente” é real!

B.

Uma decisão que precisa ser feita rápida porém pensada

Elizabeth Elizabeth

Yesterday was my second abortion. My first one was an easy choice as I was just…