This story is published at Women on Web.
I had two. No woman should ever have to justify a decision on her own body. Thank you Women on Web for supporting women and advocating for free choice.
My feelings about my abortions were comfortable, peaceful, trapped, resolved, relieved, confident, happy, as usual.
I just wanted them out. There was so much going on in my life, there was no way I was going to give it up.
The first abortion in 2010 was horrible because it was illegal and done in a makeshift operating room and with the wrong anesthetics. I ended up trying to scratch my face off and vomiting all over the clinic.
The second abortion in 2015 was done legally in a hospital, and it was the complete opposite. No pain, no discomfort. At all. The staff and the doctors reassured me.
At the time my personal reasons were that I did not want a child. I didn't want those pregnancies. No more, no less. Never thought I needed anymore reasons. My choice.
I had lots of support at the time, and my friends that know about it support me too.
~Dolores Feffer
@RecipesForSelfLove