Sep 1 Sep 1 "After my ultrasound and she said twins, I simultaneously was devastated and relieved to be getting the procedure." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, United States “I don’t know if I’m ready for a kid, but twins. It made the decision easier and more horrible all at the same time. I almost felt like I got off easy because the choice felt so obvious. I know this was the right move for me, but it doesn’t mean I’m not sad I had to make it.” Read more.
Aug 31 Aug 31 "He told me we wouldn’t last and that I’d be raising twins alone." Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Twins, United States “My second abortion was to the same partner, I was 26. I found out I was pregnant with twins. Said partner and I were having a rough time – he’d just started a new job and had a new-found confidence in himself. He was working late and had more friends and commitments and I was just a burden. He decided that I would have an abortion and booked the appointment – he told me after it was arranged.” Read more.
Aug 30 Aug 30 "By the time I decided I wanted an abortion, I had passed the deadline." Sharing Truth Twins, United States, Too Late for An Abortion “I had the twins and they are now a year old I love them so much— more than anything. But I do regret having children. I used to love school so much and always got A’s but now i am tired and drained all the time.” Read more.
Aug 24 Aug 24 "I am sure those two lives were made out of love and the decision was also made out of love." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, New York, United States “As I was leaving, I told the nurse I didn’t know if I wanted to tell my mom, who I am extremely close with. The nurse told me that she has a daughter my age ,and that my mom will never stop loving me, even if she was mad at me for being careless with my body. I told my mom a few days later over dinner. She told me about her own experience; she was 22 years old and it was 6 months before her wedding. She said she simply was not ready.” Read more.
Aug 7 Aug 7 "I felt so young, I was just a baby myself, but I was harboring two babies inside of me." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, United States “Being that I was raised in a very strict Catholic family, I could not tell my parents and had to keep everything very secret, so the father was the only person I had to help me through this. Although he started out very helpful, he soon began ignoring me and being very rude and I began to feel so alone and I became very scared.” Read more.
Jul 21 Jul 21 "We could not have kept them anyway, we are struggling to stay afloat with my two kids as it is." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, Pennsylvania, United States “I am 30 years old. I have two beautiful children who have shown me the purest meaning of love. I would give my own life for my kids. And yet, I decided to take away the lives of not one, but two children that were growing inside my body. And this is why. I am a recovering drug addict.” Read more.
Jul 10 Jul 10 "One in 1,000 IUDs fail and mine was one of them." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, Later Abortion, Second Trimester, United States “She checked their heartbeats. I cried. She handed me a photo. At first, I didn’t know what I was going to do. I wanted to take it all in. I sat on crinkly paper without pants, alone, waiting for a stranger OBGYN to walk into the door to help me. I sobbed and sobbed. The next few days were a blur. It was all surreal and happening too fast to even process any of it. But I knew one fact for sure — I was making the right choice.” Read more.
