"We both knew that we couldn’t take care of yet another child because we were both still so young and he too had already had a child from a previous relationship."

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I currently have two children by two different men. I had my first child when I was 16 years old. I’ve been with the father of my second child for 10 years. I met him when I was 17 years old and my first born was just one years old.

We were together 3 years before I got pregnant. We both knew that we couldn’t take care of yet another child because we were both still so young and he too had already had a child from a previous relationship. So I decided to have an abortion.

A year later I got pregnant by him again. This time I decided to keep it. I felt I wasn’t emotionally strong enough to go through another abortion although I was still so incredibly young.

Four months after we had our child, I got pregnant AGAIN!! I didn’t want to have another abortion but I did anyway. Me and my child’s father separated for about 8 months after the second abortion.

Once we got back together I ended up pregnant for a third time. I told myself that this would be my last abortion. I was wrong.

Six years later me and my guy were living together raising our children when I ended up pregnant yet again. We both had decent jobs and I figured we were ready to have another child. Boy was I wrong. My guy told me that he wasn’t ready to have another child and that in fact he never wanted anymore children.

Now here I am going through my fourth abortion. Me and my guy are no longer together because I’m emotionally exhausted. I can’t be with him knowing that I terminated 4 pregnancies by him. I knew I couldn’t raise 3 children on my own so I chose to have an abortion.

@MorganHarperNichols