Well, it goes back to more or less 25 years. At that time I was in my mid 20’s and was dating a beautiful man of my age. We were having a good time together, in those days we were not worrying about AIDS but we were doing the necessary actions not to get STDs or get pregnant. But, it happened, the pregnancy I mean. Without knowing about it, I went on vacation by myself to Europe, while I was there, I stayed with some friends, was feeling a little bit sick, did not know what was happening to me, was being very sensitive about everything, could cry all the time. I had strange tastes like I was going to the store to get some food that I did not really like and was getting sick over it. So, after being in Europe for 10 days I decided to shorten my trip and get back home to find out that I was pregnant.

My boyfriend and I decided that the time was not right for us, him being in University finishing his B.A. and us having a not so long relationship together.

Here in Montreal there were different ways to go about abortion. One was to go to a private clinic and pay a good amount of money to have it done (some women would even go to NYC) or find a general practitioner that could do it at the hospital. You needed to search a little bit for the second option. Me being me, I made my research and one general practitioner referred me to another one and I finally got to find the pro-choice doctor that would do it for me at the hospital at no cost.

I do not recall the procedure being uncomfortable, the doctor and the nurse were very gentle. The only thing I recall of this event was the absurdity of the moment, the nurse that was assisting the doctor was 5 months pregnant and her belly was the only thing I could concentrate on and telling her that one day, I will also be choosing to be pregnant.

I never regretted not to have this child, it was not the right time, it could have been the right person but I was not ready.

About five years later, for my 30th birthday, I got pregnant by choice and was very happy and excited about it. No abortion for me there, even if some people could not understand my choice then. I raised my son on my own, by choice, and I enjoyed the good and the bad times of being a single mother.

I think that there are so many children in this world that are suffering from hunger and that are left without parents or on the streets, that there is no need to bring souls to this earth that are not welcomed!