I live in Britain and I had an abortion three years ago. I had been using contraception but took a risk I shouldn't have once; and the resulting pregnancy would have destroyed my life. That's something pro-lifers never seem to recognise, the fact that women have a right to their lives as well as their babies do. I coudn't tell my parents because I knew they would talk me out of it - my mother had children young and is religious herself. But I knew it was the right thing for me, so my (male) room-mate came with me to the hospital. The procedure was a little painful, and draining in so many ways, but mostly what I felt was relief. I had the medical version using a pill and a visit to the hospital a few days later. In the UK, two doctors have to agree that the procedure can occur, but this was done with much problem.
It has crossed my mind a few times how different my life would have been had I been forced to continue with my pregnancy, but the only thing I'm sorry about is that women all over the world are letting their rights to choice be eroded on an almost daily basis, without the courage to fight that the women who won the rights in the first place had.
Thank you for listening and for this wonderful website.
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