The late summer and fall of 1984 changed my life forever. A child was conceived. A child was aborted. My future husband was wounded in ways he didn’t begin to understand at the time. I was crushed. And it wasn’t even my child. My husband and I began dating in the spring of 1984 after knowing one another for about a year and a half. I knew he had been married before, but his ex-wife had had...

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Age: 50
Location: Southern California
Date: May 19, 2012

I'm eighteen, in college, and I made the dean's list. I do everything right, well I guess not everything. In college, I fell for a guy who was abusive and mean. He called me names and made me feel bad about myself. During this relationship, an old friend called me. He lifted my confidence, and told me that I deserved better. I left my old boyfriend and fell in love with my old friend. He was...

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Age: 18
Location: Connecticut
Date: May 17, 2012

I was 29 years old, and had just moved across country for a new job. I was scared, and alone... I had been there about 2 months and had noticed a very nice looking guy next door. We had spoken a couple of times in the parking lot and he seemed nice enough. One night, I decided to take the bold step of introducing myself. Encouraged by the half bottle of wine I had consumed, I grabbed an unopened...

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Age: 59
Location: Columbus, OH
Date: May 14, 2012

I had an abortion in February of 2011. I missed my period and had all the regular symptoms of pregnancy that I had with my daughter who is now 5. I am almost 30 and the father is almost 40. After 4 years of being with him, we didn't think we could get pregnant. Well the day that I went to take the pregnancy test, he already knew it was going to be positive because he couldn't eat anything at work...

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Age: 29
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: May 13, 2012

It was 3 weeks into a relationship and I found out I was pregnant. Panic went through my entire body. How in the world did this happen and how did it happen to me?! I was the responsible one in the family that never made a mistake in life... I made the decision to have an abortion. I didn’t know then, but that was the worst mistake of my life... The following weeks and months I spent with minimal...

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Age: 22
Location: Georgia
Date: May 12, 2012

I had an abortion a little over two years ago. I wasn't crazy in love, we weren't getting married, I had just recently met the guy. We went out on a couple dates, he totally swept me off my feet. That was short lived. About two weeks after we had ended what little we had, I found out I was pregnant. I was DEVASTATED. I didn't know what to do, where to go, or who to talk to. I didn't want to talk...

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Age: 23
Location: Missouri
Date: May 4, 2012

As I sit here and try not to choke up, I still find it hard to believe that I ended the life of my first child. The day my baby's heart took its last beat was on April 3rd at 2:33 pm. My baby was 7 weeks & 3 days old when it last lived in me. I remember that day like it was just yesterday, and I will remember it for the rest of my life. I remember the day I saw the bright blue plus sign staring...

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Age: 18
Location: La Habra, California
Date: May 1, 2012

I just had an abortion 11 days ago. My boyfriend is 21; we have been steady for several months now and are planning on getting engaged before he leaves to go to Basic Training. I kept having stomach pains, and he encouraged me to get a test. The night before I took the test we laid in bed and discussed the possibilities. He said that abortion was the best way to go because of my age and his job...

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Age: 16
Location: Goldsboro, NC
Date: April 21, 2012

I have had 4 abortions. The first 2 were strongly encouraged by my parents. I was young and so uneducated and naive. My parents wanted this, and I still thought that my parents knew everything at that age. I didn't see anything wrong with doing it because they thought it was OK. I have always worked at getting their approval so it felt right to do what they asked. The last two were of my own...

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Age: 42
Location: USA
Date: April 16, 2012

I am the mother of 2 little boys. Motherhood is hard for me. Single motherhood is even harder. I chose to have an abortion when I was 24. I meet plenty of moms who had their children at that age and younger. I would have been a thinner and more energetic mom for sure. Not sure if I would have been very responsible, or loving or mentally stable. I was a mess back then, but I did want to keep the...

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Age: 39
Location: Louisville, KY
Date: April 15, 2012

When I was 16, I found out that I was pregnant on Mother's Day, and I had been writing a term paper for school on pro-life. Kind of ironic, huh? I didn't want to believe it, so I tried to ignore the results of the test, but it was hard to given that I was writing an essay on that topic. I was an active member at my church, and I knew that they would look down on me no matter what choice I made,...

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Age: 22
Location: California
Date: April 11, 2012

I was raised in a devout, Catholic family and even volunteered at pro-life centers. I've always been passionate about embracing life and protecting the unborn. I turned 18 and went nuts - was drunk all the time and heavily addicted to methamphetamine. I didn't care about anything. Shocker, I turned out pregnant with my life of promiscuous irresponsible behavior. I put off the abortion until I was...

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Age: 22
Location: San Antonio, TX
Date: April 9, 2012

When I was 16, I was in a very serious motorcycle accident on March 31, 1979. At the time, I was pregnant but had no idea. The accident nearly took my leg. I was in surgery for hours that night and in intensive care the following two weeks. I finally was put into my own room (open wound isolation) when one day my orthopedic doctor came in and told me that "we have a situation." I was pregnant. He...

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Age: 49
Location: Petaluma, CA
Date: April 6, 2012

When I was 18, I was on drugs and out of control. I met someone, had sex with him and ended up pregnant. I didn't even like this person. I had been on cocaine and I was scared. I was very far along in the pregnancy. In fact, if I had waited another 2 days, I would not have been able to have it. I made bad choices. I decided not to ever tell him, and I had an abortion. I ended up with someone else...

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Age: 44
Location: East Texas
Date: April 6, 2012

I was 18 years old, when my high school sweetheart told me that she was pregnant. Her mother was furious, even though she did not know her daughter was pregnant. She just thought the daughter had a pregnancy test. The mother said, "If she is pregnant, she is going to have an abortion." However, my girlfriend never told her mother she was pregnant - at least that I know of. I passed the decision...

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Age: 53
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Date: April 6, 2012

I had just had my second child, a daughter. She was only 4-months-old. I had a son who was 3-years-old. I told my husband that I was pregnant. He flipped out. He said no way. He didn't want it. I said, whats the difference, 2 or 3? He said he didn't want it no matter what. He told his parents. They flipped. You're not having it. No way. I cried and cried. I was under their control. I had no...

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Location: Skowhegan, ME
Date: April 3, 2012

I had an abortion 8 years ago, and it haunts me every day. I was 21. I already had a one-year-old boy from a previous relationship, and I got pregnant with my new boyfriend, whom I was madly in love with. I was afraid that having another baby at that time would make life way harder than it already was. My boyfriend told me it was up to me, that it was my decision. I wish he hadn't said that. I...

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Age: 29
Location: Spokane, WA
Date: April 3, 2012

About a month after I turned 18, I found out I was pregnant. I was a senior in high school. My mom is a big pro-life advocate, so she got upset, but she was so understanding. My sister on the other hand treated me like I was nothing but trailer trash. She even said that to my face [and] made my pregnancy a living hell. My boyfriend (who is now my husband), was so supportive and was there for me...

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Age: 22
Location: Woonsocket, RI
Date: March 31, 2012

The date I had an abortion was the 24th November 2008, and I remember it like it was yesterday. I was 13 years old and terrified at what was going on inside my body and around me. I was so ashamed of the whole situation and I got so depressed. I regret it every day... The person I slept with was 15 years old and so immature for his age, and neither of us would have been able to cope. I look at...

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Age: 18
Location: UK
Date: March 29, 2012

I was a full-time college student and mother of a three year old when [I got] pregnant. Immediately, I became stressed because I was in a crazy position, and the stress caused me to feel very alone... After weeks of debating, I made an appointment to get an abortion. I was quickly told I didn't qualify for the pill because I was too far along in my pregnancy. I had two visits to the clinic, one...

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Age: 23
Location: Daytona Beach, FL
Date: March 28, 2012