Emma

Share your story

I got pregnant the first time I had sex. I was just 18 and knew nothing. I was desperately in love with the father, who was older than me. I knew we should be using a condom, I even said that to him the night I lost my virginity, but he still had sex with me without one.
He also had a fiancée. I thought he would leave her for me, I was stupid and believed every word he said.

I just knew I couldn’t have a baby, I was barely an adult myself and I was scared. I made up my mind I had to have an abortion, it was my only option.

After I had the procedure I felt relief. Then when I got back home the father rang me and told me it was over between us. It shattered me. He had a baby with his fiancée a year later.

Twenty years on and I still feel regret about my decision. I feel as though it may have been my only chance to have a child and the whole experience has really fucked me up.

Of course when I consider the situation I think I made the right choice but it doesn’t make the pain any less.

2000 Australia

The awful thing is your feelings can change as you get older. I never thought I would feel so sad about having an abortion when I was so convinced it was the right thing to do when I was young.

I was scared as hell and thought I may actually die. I realise now I must have been in severe shock. All I remember was walking down a dark corridor into a surgical room, then I remember lying down with my legs in stirrups, counting back from ten. Then I woke up and some nurse was checking a pad between my legs to see how bad the bleeding was. It is literally like a nightmare that happened to someone else.

I wanted to go to University

Did the illegality of your abortion affect your feelings?

No.

How did other people react to your abortion?

My family was very supportive.

Amazomas

Yo aborte el día 10 de noviembre del 2015 dos días antes me había enterado de…

Florencia

No podía quedar embarazada, las posibilidades para que eso suceda (según los…

Magui

La mejor decisión

Anne Jellinek

I had two abortions in my life: one when I was 21 and newly married and one 8…

Anonimowa

Dokonałam tego co jest zakazane w tym kraju. Nie czuję się winna.

Ka

O dono do meu corpo e do meu destino sou eu, e não a sociedade hipócrita e…

I had an abortion and I'm not ashamed

K

I was extremely lucky to find a safe place for my abortion.

Cindy Rios

Yo aborte porque no estaba en el momento adecuado para tener un hijo, mi madre…

Melina

Yo aborte con oxaprost

Letícia

Terça, 08 de agosto de 2017, 8:00 h.
Foi esse dia que eu descobri que estava…

thya thya

hari ini harusnya usia kandungan sy menjelang 12 minggu , sy gagal pertahankan…

Pluma93

Fue una decisión de vida

Laura

I had a surgical abortion at Planned Parenthood in Beacon, NY at 4 weeks.

Gigi

I forgot my birth control for a couple days on a trip, and it was enough to…

Ma N

Y fue un proceso duro física y emocionalmente.

Daniela Moraes

É fácil defender o aborto das outras. Difícil é decidir quando a gente precisa…