Jan 23 Jan 23 "My great-grandmother gave birth to eight children and aborted four." Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Four Abortions, U.S. โThe excessive burden of motherhood my great-grandmother carried had plenty of heart-breaking legacy for us all.โThe New York Times ran an article detailing stories of people who had abortions before it was legalized by the now endangered Roe v Wade ruling. Among the comments to the article are these four stories involving people whoโve had more than one abortion. Read more.
Jan 13 Jan 13 "Pregnancy really didnโt come at the right time." ~ "๐ณ๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐." Sharing Truth Multiple Abortions, Netherlands โI am now a mother of 2 beautiful daughters. I donโt regret my choices, but I think about them often.โ Read more.โOndertussen ben ik mama van 2 prachtige dochters. ๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.โ Lees verder.
Jan 10 Jan 10 "Having an unwanted pregnancy is an overwhelming and emotionally draining experience." Sharing Truth Three Abortions, U.S. โSome people might say you are not responsible or that a real woman would find a way. The truth is that a real woman will assess her situation and consider every one involved in her situation and be strong enough to make a decision that she will be judged for and live with for the rest of her life regardless of which path she chooses.โ Read more.
Jan 3 Jan 3 "It is normal to need more than one abortion." Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Location Not Given โI immediately felt a rush of relief once I felt the pregnancy pass โ there was no shame. No guilt. No โwhat have I done.โ Just pure, unadulterated relief.โ Read more.
Dec 27 Dec 27 "I always thought that getting pregnant was never something that would happen to me." Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Location Not Given โI realized that my body didnโt ask me permission to get pregnant, it is no oneโs fault, and in most if not all cases, it isnโt something that can be controlled. We are human, and we do the best that we can with the resources that we have. In hindsight, I recognize that having an abortion was the best option for me, even if it felt like the only option at the time.โ Read more.
Dec 21 Dec 21 "Because I was able to have safe and legal abortions, I was able to have children when the time was right." Sharing Truth Three Abortions, Location Not Given โBy the time I was in my 20s, I was addicted to crack and heroin, and was essentially homeless, sleeping on friendโs couches and in vacant homes. During this time I had three abortions, which was exactly the right thing to do. I was desperate and irresponsible, but I knew enough to know I didnโt want to bring addicted babies into my crazy world.โ Read more.
Dec 21 Dec 21 "I just donโt feel ready, not one bit." Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Florida, U.S. โI had my first abortion at 20 years old. I told myself that if I ever got pregnant again I will not get another abortion. I didnโt think I would get pregnant this time around, itโs something that I wasnโt even thinking of.โ Read more.
Dec 20 Dec 20 "The only shame I feel today is the shame of staying quiet publicly about my experience." Sharing Truth Three Abortions, U.S. โI am one of the lucky ones โ I had access to abortion, I could afford them, and I knew I wouldnโt have to face any extreme consequences for my abortions. Many people are not as lucky, and I realized today that my silence has contributed to the culture war we are facing where so many of us just stay quiet.โ Read more.
Dec 6 Dec 6 "Sometimes we feel guilty about not feeling guilty, because it is what we have been told to feel." ~ "A veces sentimos culpa de no sentir culpa, porque es lo que nos han dicho que debemos sentir." Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Ecuador, Spanish/English โI believe that women who abort more than once are women who are grateful to ourselves for being able to decide on our body as often and at the times we deem necessary.โ Read more.โCreo que las mujeres que abortamos mรกs de una vez somos mujeres que estamos agradecidas con nosotras mismas por poder decidir sobre nuestro cuerpo las veces y en los momentos que creamos necesarios.โ Lee mas.
Dec 6 Dec 6 "I was 14 and had no business even thinking I was going to raise a kid with a 14 year old boy." Sharing Truth Three Abortions, Location Not Given โThree years later, 17 and home from a year abroad, I started hanging out with a guy I grew up with. He had 2 kids already, the condom broke, and here I was again. Pregnant. No questions about it, I was not ready for this. It was my senior year of high school.โ Read more.
Nov 29 Nov 29 "I've never been ashamed of having more than one abortion." Sharing Truth Three Abortions, U.S. โI like children, but am not sure I need to have one myself or on my own. I would maybe consider it if I was in the right relationship, but it is not an overwhelming need for me. My last abortion I was in a relationship, but it was unstable. I did not want to be tied for the rest of my life to a man that had that many issues.โ Read more.
Nov 21 Nov 21 "I thought I would end up being one more mother pretending to be happy." ~ "Pensรฉ que terminarรญa siendo una madre mรกs fingiendo ser feliz". Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Mexico, In Spanish & English, Later Abortions โI tried to get used to the idea of having it, and in a moment of madness I told everyone. I called it good news. That same night I regretted saying it because I really didn't want it and neither did their support make me change my mind.โ Read more.โTratรฉ de acostumbrarme a la idea de tenerlo, y en un momento de locura se lo contรฉ a todos. Lo llamรฉ buenas noticias. Esa misma noche lamentรฉ haberlo dicho porque realmente no lo querรญa y tampoco su apoyo me hizo cambiar de opiniรณn โ. Lee mas.
Nov 13 Nov 13 "I had this feeling that I wasnโt ready for another baby." Sharing Truth Four Abortions, Location Not Given โMy boyfriend supported me, even though he did not want me to have an abortion. I thought long and hard about what my boyfriend felt, then decided to listen to what I wanted. Itโs your body and when it comes down to it, itโs your life that will be affected more than your girlfriendโs or boyfriendโs.โ Read more.
Nov 3 Nov 3 "I didn't want a pregnancy at 16 to be a deciding factor for my future." Sharing Truth Two Abortions, South Africa โWith the first, I was too emotional and felt guilty for taking a life, but grew to understand my decisions. The second one I was 24 and I honestly had a lot going on my life from financial depression to just life in general and I didn't want to add more to my plate.โ Read more.
Oct 24 Oct 24 "Sometimes loving a baby means choosing not to bring it into chaos." Sharing Truth Three Abortions, Utah, U.S. โI made the decision each time, but especially the third time, out of complete willingness to do what was best for the baby and also for myself. It still haunts me, daily, the sadness and regret, but the lists were so terribly unequalized. It was the right choice even though it wasnโt the easy choice.โ Read more.
Oct 8 Oct 8 "I have never written about my abortions before." ~ Journalist Mona Eltahawy Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Egypt, U.S. โWhy couldnโt I, Mona Eltahawy, a woman born in Egypt to a Muslim family, write an essay under my own name, in which I say openly and without shame that I have had two abortions, that I am glad I had those two abortions and that had I become pregnant again I would have had another abortion because I did not want to have children? Why have I been able to risk my safety and my life by writing articles about a military-backed regime but I could not write about my abortions?โ Read more.
Oct 5 Oct 5 "I wouldโve tried anything to terminate them on my own." Sharing Truth Four-plus Abortions, U.S., Multiple Abortions โAs someone who cannot take birth control & almost died from an IUD implantation, the 4+ abortions were after I had both of my children. I canโt express how much relief I had felt that I had the options available when I needed them and I honestly donโt know if I would still be here today without them.โ Read more.
Oct 1 Oct 1 "It was what I had to do. It really wasn't that traumatic." ~ "Era lo que tenia que hacer. Realmente no fue tan traumรกtica." Sharing Truth Three Abortions, Dominican Republic, In Spanish & English โI was only 4.5 weeks along, but I had already been able to see the gestational sac. I was very anxious precisely because of the illegal situation in the country where I live (DR) and I was afraid that something would happen to me and everyone would find out and of course a complication. This is my third abortion, my second with misoprostol.โ โTenรญa solo 4.5 semanas, pero ya habรญa podido ver el saco gestacional. Estuve muy ansiosa precisamente por la situaciรณn de ilegalidad en el paรญs donde vivo (RD) y tenรญa miedo que algo me pasara y todos se enteraran y por supuesto una complicaciรณn. Es mi tercer aborto, el segundo con misoprostol.โ Lee mas.
Sep 25 Sep 25 "Iโm trying to let go of a bit of the guilt I feel from this being my second procedure." Sharing Truth Two Abortions, U.S. โI found out I was pregnant about 2.5 weeks ago. I had a complete meltdown and was conflicted on what I wanted to do. For a while I was 50/50 โ primarily because I felt guilt because if I decided to terminate this would be my second termination, and I felt so much guilt/shame over that. My last termination was a very long time ago, 10 years or so and I was super young and didnโt think twice about terminating.โ Read more.
Sep 16 Sep 16 "Iโm so glad I trusted my brain, my body and my heart." Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Oregon, U.S. โI found out I was pregnant again when she was 7 months old and knew I wasnโt ready for another baby. It felt so selfish to give my daughter a sibling so young. I just want her to grow up and be the main focus for a while. I ordered the abortion pills and tried to prepare myself while waiting for them to arrive. Once they arrived I was so scared and just bawled my eyes out thinking about how terrible of a person I was to be doing this.โ Read more.
