I had an abortion when I was 20. I got pregnant because I didn’t use any birth control. I had received education in high school about birth control, but education wasn’t enough to overcome my upbringing. I was not able to take responsibility for myself. I denied I was a sexual being because I believed [...]

My story is typical of a woman my age; I am now in my 60s. I grew up not even knowing what abortion was, let alone that it was illegal and therefore dangerous. As a young woman, I married and gave birth to three children in four years. As much as I loved my babies, [...]

I had just turned 19 and had gone on a week-long vacation with my boyfriend. When we returned I realized I was late with my period. I took a home pregnancy test and my worst nightmare came true–pregnancy. I had my mind made up the whole time what I was going to do, but until [...]

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At 21, I was in college and became pregnant by a man I had been dating for about four months. 1. No way was that long enough to consider sharing anything in my life with him long-term, let alone have his baby. [...]

I was nineteen. I had been dating a guy for only about a month when I found out I was pregnant. For the first two months, I had only told a few friends. When I told my family when I was about nine weeks pregnant, they were devastated but very supportive, except for my mom. [...]