Emma’s Story

I wrote this in response to someone who said that no women ever goes to have an abortion in a cool, calm and collected frame of mind. This is my cool, calm and collected abortion story.

I became pregnant at 22 years of age to a guy I had no intention of spending the rest [...]

Emma’s Story

I was 34 years old and it was Christmas 1998 when I fell pregnant. My husband had left me two months previously and I was still reeling. A male friend was visiting from overseas and staying at my house. We got drunk and the inevitable happened. Unfortunately the condom broke; I went to the doctors [...]

Emily’s Story

My name is Emily, and I had an abortion four years ago, when I was 20 years old.

I had been sleeping with a guy at college for several months, hoping (naively) that it would turn into a real relationship. I was not on the pill, but we used a condom every time. We never [...]

Emily’s Story

I wanted to write because I haven’t seen many stories about the pill. When I found out I was pregnant, I told only my boyfriend. We had already discussed a contingency plan when we started going out, four months earlier. I already had the appointment made when I broke the news. I could have told [...]

Emily’s Story

I had my abortion nearly a year ago, and not once have I regretted it. I was 24 when I got pregnant, very happily married (still am), and financially stable. From all outside appearances, there’s no reason we shouldn’t have kept the baby, except that we just didn’t want to become parents yet. We are [...]

Emily’s Story

Recently I have been researching the topic of “Partial Birth Abortion” for a public speaking class that I am taking in college. I feel strongly about the issue due to my own experience in having an abortion at the age of 19. I was approximately four weeks pregnant when I had it and I can [...]

Emily’s Story

I got pregnant when I was 21 years old. I’d been in a serious relationship for awhile, but had discontinued my use of the pill because I didn’t like the effect of hormones on my system. My boyfriend and I had been using the rhythm method and pulling out, and honestly we were sloppy with [...]

Emily’s Story

I’ve had two abortions. The first one, I was 18, had recently graduated high school, and I was seeing someone new. We only slept together once, and a condom totally slipped my mind. I never saw him again after that one night. A few weeks passed, and I missed my period. It always came like [...]

Emily’s Story

Last year I got pregnant. I was 18 years old and my boyfriend was 17. We’ve been together since we were 13 and we had sex for the first time when I was 17 and he was 16. I was taking a year off between high school and college. My boyfriend was still in his [...]

Emalee’s Story

All of my life, I’ve felt that there was something “different” about me. During my senior year of high school, this difference was beginning to take a solid, very negative form which I later found out to be bipolar disorder. I went through periods of intense depression, self-mutilation, and eating disorders followed by feelings of [...]