"I had been using my Nuvaring religiously and had no reason to think I could be pregnant so it was a huge shocker. "

This story is published at Planned Parenthood Abortion Stories.

I’m a 32-year old Thai-American, cisgendered Buddhist woman with immigrant parents, and I’ve had two abortions.

I attribute my access and ability to abortion care with the successes I have today. Planned Parenthood has been there for me for over half my life and I would not have been able to live the life I want if I could not get the care I needed.

I had an unintended pregnancy at 18 and again at 27. I was neither prepared or interested in parenting then. In fact, I was absolutely certain I wanted to and will be an amazing mother, when I’m ready.

At 18, because I was able to get an abortion, I went on to get a Women’s Studies degree at UCLA.

At 27, I had been using my Nuvaring religiously and had no reason to think I could be pregnant so it was a huge shocker. I was in my first year of law school and I was already as lost as ever trying to navigate post-grad education as a first generation American and first gen college student. I wasn’t ready. I just wasn’t ready and there was no doubt in my mind that I was going to have an abortion.

Thanks to my abortions, I went on to graduate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law and land my dream career. I now further the Reproductive Justice Movement on a daily basis by organizing law students across the country bringing RJ to their campuses and communities. This is my dream and my abortions made my dream possible.

Jan 7 "I had been using my Nuvaring religiously and had no reason to think I could be pregnant so it was a huge shocker. "

Jan 9 "He beat me when he was drunk, wanted sex when he said so, and I felt like a slave but I think a bit of me thought I deserved to be tortured."

Dec 31 "Nigdy wcześniej nie czułam takiej ulgi . Czułam jakby z serca spadł mi ogromny ciężar." *** “I have never felt such relief before. I felt like a huge weight had fallen from my heart."