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Last week I passed a small ‘pro-life’ group holding up signs and telling all of us women that abortion is murder. One of the ladies looked at me and said, "Thank God you chose life." She said this because I had my eight-year old daughter with me.

Friends and family know that I had a baby when I was 24. I had her because I was mentally ready for a child. I also had her because I was financially ready for a child. I thought about abortion, I came close to aborting her twice, but I am always thankful that I had her instead.

But friends and family don't know about my other three pregnancies.

I had my first abortion at 18 because I wasn't ready. I had my second abortion at 26 because I was already a single mother dealing with my two-year old daughter. And I had my third abortion at 30 because my daughter was my life and we already had a wonderful life with just the two of us.

And my abortion at age 30 was a tough decision. I wasn't sure what I wanted, and there is nothing wrong with not being absolutely sure. I had the abortion at 11 weeks 2 days, and I loved myself for doing it and felt relieved when it was over.

Some women decide on waiting on what they should do, and it was really nice that I had the option on taking my time. States want limits on when an abortion can happen, but not having any limits gave me the time on deciding what was best and being comfortable with it.

Need I say more? Should I be punished for my choices in life? Why do the ‘pro-life’ groups believe that I should be taking care of 4 children with tax payer support?!?!? I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE what my life would be like if I was taking care of 4 KIDS!!! I can promise you that I would have MANY PEOPLE looking at me saying I was an insane mother for having 4 kids.

I am 32 years old, been sexually active for 18 years, and I have no regrets about my sex life or the choices I made because of my sex life. I have always played safe, always chose my partners wisely, but shit happens! Birth control does not always work! I am most thankful that in my 18 years of having sex that I have only been pregnant 4 times.

Just remember that abortion is a gift. It's nice that us sexually active women can decide on aborting a pregnancy instead of keeping it.