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2002 Netherlands (born in Portugal)

I felt stupid for getting pregnant, guilty and irresponsible for not being more carefull with my body. I felt ashamed that something like that happened to me, because I'm not a teenager anymore and know how to not get pregnant. I felt afraid that I would damage my body, that it would hurt, but I was sure I didn't want to have a baby at that time and with that boyfriend.

It's was nothing special. No pain, no trauma, just a choice, just a medical procedure.

I would be unhappy, the child would be unhappy, my boyfriend would be unhappy.

Did the illegality of your abortion affect your feelings?

Yes. It's much easier to make a decision when you know that you can get the right support and help for your choice.

How did other people react to your abortion?

Abortion is illegal in Portugal.

Ianne

A cry of freedom for all women who are dictated by the mentality of the norms…

T.C.P

Bom, o espaço de tempo entre descobrir que estava gravida e realizar o aborto…

Jess

This is something that was necessary for me but most definitely the hardest and…

Lucie

I had more than one abortions. I made the choices because I care about the…

Won’t be named Won’t be named

I had an abortion a week after my twenty second birthday, I was five and a half…

Tiffany

I am still healing from my decision - it really is a wide range of emotions.

Pam

No había otra opción.

Claire

My first abortion took place when I was 19 and the second, when I was 26. I…

Iolanda

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

Meaghan

I want to change the world.

Riki

We're not monsters!

Regina Powell

I had an abortion and I'm about to have another.

Sara

Siedziałam przed psychiatrą, opowiadając jej wydarzenia sprzed ostatnich…

Amazomas

Yo aborte el día 10 de noviembre del 2015 dos días antes me había enterado de…

Anyel. Mtz.

Esto marcó mi vida, pero agradezco a Dios por esta segunda oportunidad

Vanessa Behrens

Decisión personal

Kojika

Jestem w stałym związku od 7lat. Mam kochającego mężczyznę i mała córeczkę.