Though my wife and I have now been married for over 25 years and have had five children together, there was a sixth. We met 26 years ago and though we'd both waited to have sex until marriage, we broke that rule and began sleeping together a few months into our relationship. She became pregnant and out of fear and selfishness, we headed to an abortion clinic when she was six weeks along. Bottom...

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Age: 49
Location: North Little Rock, AR
Date: November 8, 2011

My soul has been sucked out with my child!… We went away [for a] weekend and just as a precaution, I bought 2 pregnancy tests... We did the test and the second line made an appearance. I couldn’t believe what was happening and it was all just too surreal. She on the other hand freaked out and went totally ballistic... Having gone through an abortion in late high school, [I] made myself a promise...

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Age: 32
Location: South Africa
Date: November 8, 2011

I am a man. I obviously did not have the abortion, but someone I loved more than life did. I was 39, she was 36... We did not use any protection because she claimed she was infertile. She claimed this because she and her ex tried for years and could not have a child. About 5 months later she was pregnant. She was shocked and saddened, but I was so happy. She made it clear in minutes flat she did...

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Age: 45
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Date: November 6, 2011

My life was perfect. I was a very happy 16-year-old girl who didn't let anything or anyone bring her down. I had an awesome friendship with my parents and had the "perfect" relationship with my boyfriend... Everything happened so fast... After five positive pregnancy tests, I finally convinced myself I was pregnant. My boyfriend and I were very excited at first... It was around June 10 when we...

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Age: 16
Location: Florida
Date: November 5, 2011

About 12 hours ago I got an abortion. And I can tell you one thing, NEVER AGAIN. I went in at 9 weeks 5 days. I had just moved across the US away from my family for my boyfriend of almost four years and his new job. I got pregnant about 2 weeks after I got here. (Bad Luck) I have no insurance or family so I thought an abortion would be the best idea. They only gave me an Ibuprofen and a muscle...

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Age: 20
Location: Raleigh, NC
Date: November 3, 2011

I'm 18. I had my first son at only 15 (Now 3 years old); my second son in June of this year (Now 4 1/2 months old). I graduated high school early and have plans to go to college. I'm in a relationship with my first son's father. He has a 1 1/2 year old from another relationship. Together, we have 3 children. My youngest son's father is in jail and will be for a very long time. I found out I was...

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Age: 18
Location: Virginia
Date: November 3, 2011

It has been almost 2 months since my abortion and I have never been so depressed in my life. I have started caring less for my studies and I left my boyfriend after 4 years because he convinced me to have the abortion which made me angry. I don't like to talk about it with anyone and I am so angry I don't think I deserve to be happy right now. All your friends and close ones will tell you when...

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Age: 20
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: November 3, 2011

I had an abortion when I was 16 on May 3, 2011. I wanted to keep it and so did my boyfriend, but my mom kept threatening to kick me out and told me she wouldn't be there for me and the baby. She was also telling me I wasn't able to support the baby. I went to get my ultrasound at 7 weeks. I was instantly connected with my child. Tears came to my eyes when I saw its little heart beat. As soon as I...

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Age: 17
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: November 1, 2011

I found out I was pregnant three days before my 19th birthday... At the time, I had just moved away from my boyfriend’s, back into my parent’s house because of a huge break up... I called him and he told me he wanted me to keep it, so I moved down there to try and work it out for our baby. He is a heavy meth user, unemployed and emotionally unstable. He is certainly not someone who could be a...

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Age: 19
Location: Snohomish, Washington
Date: November 1, 2011

Things were finally going great in my career, until I found myself feeling sick often: nausea and sleeplessness... Here I am with this great life, in a new big city and now pregnant, not married and about to have a child. At 31, I feel as though I am not a young girl anymore and should have been able to go through with it. Yet my boyfriend was immature and made me feel as though all the weight...

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Age: 31
Location: Woodbridge, VA
Date: October 29, 2011

I got an abortion when I was 9 weeks pregnant. The father of the child didn't want it. He told me not to keep it and that if I did, he was going to have someone beat me up and kill the baby.... I already had a one-year-old before the abortion and her dad wasn't around to help me. I couldn't have raised another kid by myself. I didn't know what to do so I decided to have the abortion... At the...

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Age: 20
Location: Idaho
Date: October 26, 2011

When I was 24, I was in the party lifestyle and hooked up with a meth addict, and I got pregnant. The guy was untrustworthy and a heavy drug user, and my reasoning was that it would be 'hell' to have a kid with him as the father, so I had the abortion. I regretted it immediately. I knew that it was morally wrong, that I had killed God's creation. I was already into drugs, but I went from...

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Age: 31
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Date: October 22, 2011

So much pain, shame, guilt and heartbreak. I had an abortion when I was 19 years old. I had gone off to college, partying with everyone, and thought I was with someone who cared about me. He was just a scared boy from a family of dysfunction and couldn't handle the responsibility. I was alone. In another state. My parents would not understand. I was already on thin ice with them for the previous...

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Age: 36
Location: Texas
Date: October 17, 2011

I'm 16, and I had an abortion on September 30, 2011. My dad found out, and the second he knew, he was threatening me and forcing me to get an abortion. My boyfriend just graduated from high school, and he was so scared that I was pregnant, but he told me that he loved me no matter what choice I made. His mom wanted me to keep it. I have not spoken to my mom in five years. Every day I would not...

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Age: 16
Location: Upland, CA
Date: October 17, 2011

I am guilty of taking part in 2 abortions. The first one was when I was just twenty. I was dating a girl who was seeing someone else, and I didn't want to take a chance that the baby wouldn't be mine. I ended up marrying her, having a daughter and a couple of years later, divorcing. The second was when I was about twenty-nine. I slept with a friend (while drunk) and a pregnancy resulted. I told...

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Age: 37
Location: Richmond, VA
Date: October 17, 2011

About 6 weeks ago, I found out I was pregnant. It was a constant struggle for me as I couldn't decide what to do. My parents would not have accepted it, and have hated me and disowned me... time was running out and I couldn't make the decision. So my partner said we shouldn't keep it, we can have a baby when it suits us. He made the appointment as I was unable to deal with it... I screamed at the...

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Age: 20
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: October 13, 2011

Abortion has caused me much grief in my life. Planned Parenthood does not tell you the "aftermath" of abortion. They love the money coming in. They have a marketing strategy and I fell for it.

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Age: 45
Location: Florida
Date: October 12, 2011

A few months ago I was dating a guy that was married but separated. In the back of my mind I thought I couldn't get pregnant because I was irresponsible in a previous relationship and I thought that if I could, I definitely would have been by now. The only thing that made me take a test was because I hadn't had my period in a long time. I went to throw the test out thinking it was negative, but I...

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Age: 29
Location: New York
Date: October 8, 2011

I’m a 22-year-old student who has been with her partner on and off for about 2 years. I got pregnant unexpectedly and unfortunately, I had just lost my job had no money... My partner told me that we [shouldn't] bring a child into this world. My parents knew I was pregnant and said they would be there for me, whatever choice I made but, really, the one person I wanted there for me was my partner,...

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Age: 22
Location: Atlanta, GA
Date: October 6, 2011

I just had an abortion 2 months back. The worst part is I never told anyone about it, not even my boyfriend. I did it because my father is not working and my boyfriend also is not working and is from a poor background. I knew he impregnated me on purpose and the 1st day I told him I was pregnant, he just looked me in the eye and gave my foetus a name after his mum. I wanted to keep my baby with...

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Age: 19
Location: South Africa
Date: September 26, 2011