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Demonized
When I was about 22 years old, I became pregnant. I knew I wasn’t ready to be a parent, so I decided I would get an abortion. I don’t remember much of the process, but I know I was able to find a clinic with relative ease. I remember being so afraid of the whole process, just due to how demonized it had become within society. My hope is that any person seeking an abortion can have access to this life saving health care, just like I did. I want to help remove the stigma and shame connected to abortion and fight to keep access for all.
- Alycia
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Abortions are Healthcare
I have experienced two miscarriages and with both I had to have a medical abortion to save my life. I was hemorrhaging uncontrollably for hours. Both were necessary medical care otherwise I would not be here. Abortions are healthcare.
- Lana
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A Lifetime of financial instability
Born and raised in Texas with abstinence only sex education. I had a baby in high school and have intimate knowledge of the ripple effects from making that choice. I was told by my conservative family that I did not have a choice and at the time I believed them. After my child was born, I was left with no support from my family or their father. A lifetime of financial instability and being in “survival mode”
- Taylor
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Cannont Be Put Into Words
We found out at our 20 week scan that there was a critical issue with our baby’s heart. There was the possibility that there were also other issues present, which would make for a poor quality of life for our (very much wanted ) baby. All of a sudden we were faced with a choice I would never wish on ANYONE. But I felt SO SO strongly that it was a choice my partner and I had to make for OUR FAMILY. It was not for anyone else to make, and the fact that in many states we would not have been able to make that choice made me SO angry. I vowed to become more active in fighting for reproductive rights. Making a choice to end a pregnancy is an experience that can not be put into words. This choice, and this experience, needs to be made by the individual (individuals) involved. No one else can make that choice, and I want to help ensure that all individuals have that option (to make their own choice).
- Anne
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barbaric to force women
I’m a physician. I have assisted about 100 women through pregnancy and delivery, and navigated the complex risks of pregnancy and the consideration of abortion WITH my patients. I’ve held the hand of someone going through an abortion, and mourned with women who’ve had spontaneous abortions. I have a disorder myself that would have made further pregnancies life threatening to me. Abortion is difficult on many levels, and it is almost always a complex decision that a woman needs to make for herself and her family, hopefully with the support of loved ones and educated caregivers. It should NEVER be a decision made by a politician! Physicians should never feel they have to break the law to do what is right for a patient. It is barbaric to force women and doctors to do what a government in a patriarchy decides for them, especially when health care is so complex in pregnancy. Those who do not give medical care to pregnant women don’t even know what they don’t know! Why would we allow people who have never carried a pregnancy, never delivered a baby, and never raised a child control access to safe and legal abortion? We must vote, create voting support groups to support our brothers and sisters in voting for justice, and throw out the extremists politicians traumatizing women and families with their twisted ideas of superior morals.
- Paula
