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 Соединенные Штаты Америки

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.

Как другие люди отреагировали на ваш аборт?

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.

Ella

I was so scared but it was right and I know deep in my heart now.

miriam la desesperacion

Con cytotex Y aun no se si fue lo mejor, pero era necesario

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…

Typh N

C'est une décision difficile qui fait mal au corps au coeur à l'âme mais la…

Jes

No fue facil pero lo hise y me ha hido muy bien! Fue mi mejor decición!

Daniela

Yo aborté y es la mejor decisión que pude haber tomado.

Carolina Posso

I had an abortion porque me sentía sola, sentía que todo el mundo se iba a…

Ididit

Miałam aborcję wykonaną farmakologicznymi środkami otrzymanymi od Fundacji…

Serena

I had an abortion

Kah

Decisões difíceis exigem coragem.

Daisy

I had an abortion about seven years ago when I was 16. I was in an abusive…

VIcky

Yo aborte

NICOL

No tenia mas opciones

mary cry

pior momento de minha vida

B.

Uma decisão que precisa ser feita rápida porém pensada

Gadzinka

Moja aborcja przemineła tak jak miała , wziełam tabletki potem dojadałam .

Alice

Bom, há algumas semanas eu já vinha desconfiando de uma gravidez, embora não…

Ana

Fiz um aborto e não me arrependo. O meu desejo é que todas as mulheres tenham…