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 Förenta staterna

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.

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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.

Ania Kijawska

Mam dziecko, dom, męża zdecydowałam się na aborcję.

Jéssica Santos

Me submeti ao aborto!

Eléonore Delmas

I had an abortion

Emily

Bom, acabei de passar pelo procedimento e vim relatar a minha história para que…

Valentina

Le pedí que me dejara...

Me había embarazado antes y había abortado, desde ese…

carolina

Interrumpi mi embarazo de un mes y medio

La mujer decide

La sororidad es el arma más fuerte entre mujeres

Paula Paula

Miałam aborcję... to była trudna decyzja, nigdy nie zapomnę...

Laura

Fue la mejor decicion para todos pero eso no cambia que yo amaba a mi bebe

Sara

Abortar era la decisión que debía tomar...

Karolina B

Kiedy spóźniła mi się miesiączka ... Wtedy juz wiedziałam że to ciąża .

Maria Madalena

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

Morrigan

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

Almma Crysta

Supe de mi embarazo el 19 de enero de 2018 por una ecografía transvaginal que…

ana maria Duque

I had an abortion but this wasn't easy I was very afraid, but i never regret…

Brenda Rojas

Yo aborte, pero aunque no me siento orgullosa, tampoco me arrepiento.

Margarita

Dicen que interrumpí una vida, yo siento que lo que hice fue continuar con la…