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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.

Felicia Ríos

Yo elegí y aborté

Lucero Lucero

Creo que por fin tuve control de mi vida.

Macarena

Yo aborte , con oxapros en Buenos Aires tengo 24 años

Aby

I felt it was accapted to have an abortion

Alyssa

Aborsi adalah satu satunya pilihan terberat yang aku putuskan. Ga mungkin untuk…

CJ Koivuniemi

I had an abortion. I was twenty years old and living in Ireland, a country…

Esperanza

El adiós más difícil.

Monoirmarie

Yo aborté porque es mi derecho

Jaq

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

julie

My life became changed

Sixtine

Tout choix à sa difficulté, le tout est d'assumer.

H

I had two abortions by the time I was 23 and a third when I was 29. All…

katrina nicole

the only time i look back is to say thank god

Camila Gray

I had an abortion,im having my abortion.

Rosa

Yo aborte

Johanna P.

Era lo que tenia que hacer

Letícia

Terça, 08 de agosto de 2017, 8:00 h.
Foi esse dia que eu descobri que estava…