Podcast ~ "Both of my abortions have really different circumstances and really different meanings for me."

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Two Abortions, Maryland, Pennsylvania, U.S., Audio

This story is published at The Abortion Diary Podcast.

Abortion Diary Entry 116: Jill, 39 (Baltimore, MA 1997 & Harrisburg, PA 2014)

“I think we have this idea cultural of what a woman who’s had an abortion looks like or who she is, and then to be a woman who’s had two abortions seems strange to say that that’s who I am, at the same time that I’m not embarrassed or ashamed.”

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"I guess I feel shame at failing to prevent pregnancy. Even though I’m not taking risks!"

"At that moment I felt like my life was over. I stood there, the pregnancy test in my hands, emotionless. A statue."