It was a week after my birthday when I noticed my period still hadn’t come; I kept thinking maybe it would, even my boyfriend thought the same. I was totally wrong. Two weeks later I decided to order a pregnancy test. That morning I snuck in the bathroom, I didn’t want my boyfriend to find … Continue reading
To keep it real humble, I grew up undocumented. I am now a DACA kid. I was attending the University of Houston to be a teacher. I was on a bus trip to MO. On the way back I bumped into a man at a GreyHound terminal in Tulsa. His trip was to California. He … Continue reading
My abortion story begins a long time before my actual abortion. I am infertile. To control if or when I get periods, I take the pill. None of my hormones work right so when I don’t get a period, there’s no way to know I’m pregnant unless I pee on a stick. I underwent almost … Continue reading
I found out I was pregnant the summer before my third year of college. I knew I didn’t want a child at 20 and the boy that got me pregnant was my f*** buddy and he ghosted me after I told him. My family was unable to help me financially and I didn’t want to … Continue reading
I’d had an abortion before. I was 20 years old, in a toxic and unhealthy relationship with my ex, and I had about $20 to my name. It made sense back then. I don’t remember feeling any particular way about it. I had just felt it was the right choice for me and I was … Continue reading
I found out I was pregnant early. It was two weeks after Valentine’s Day and I was panicking because my period was late and I had taken two pregnancy tests that were false negatives. I took another test, and it came back positive. I knew I wasn’t ready to have a baby, especially since I … Continue reading
I’ve had 3 abortions. I live in Canada and I am grateful that financially, paying for them was never an issue. But I’ve emotionally paid for them. When I got my second, my entire experience from entering the building to leaving it was one of shame. Staff assumed I was a “fast black girl” and … Continue reading
I remember reading articles when I was younger, probably in Seventeen Magazine, about young women who had gone through abortions. These articles painted portraits of broken young women, in perpetual mourning for their dead babies. One article described how a girl would write letters to her aborted baby every day. While I do not deny … Continue reading
For all the women reading this, I hope this story gives you hope and strength because I promise, the process may be a lot easier than anticipated. Below is my story of truly a very positive experience, so please keep reading. When I found out I was pregnant, I was terrified. Being someone who has … Continue reading
In the 1930s, my late mother was an OB Registered Nurse in public health working out of Los Angeles County General Hospital. Her best friend was one of the first female OB/GYN physicians in America. I often recall their quiet conversations at family gatherings about the “ward in the basement.” This was code for where … Continue reading