"The only shame I feel today is the shame of staying quiet publicly about my experience."

This story is published at Shout Your Abortion.

I’m a 30 year old woman and I’ve had three abortions. All of them have been medically done via abortion pills.

Seeing the news out of Texas this morning has really shaken me up.

I did a lot of work to excavate the shame I had around my abortions after my 3rd one. I grew up in an evangelical church where abortion was a cardinal sin.

I no longer have shame about my abortions. The only shame I feel today is the shame of staying quiet publicly about my experience and not writing in about my story sooner.

My silence has been deafening.

I am one of the lucky ones – I had access to abortion, I could afford them, and I knew I wouldn’t have to face any extreme consequences for my abortions.

Many people are not as lucky, and I realized today that my silence has contributed to the culture war we are facing where so many of us just stay quiet because abortion continues to be so taboo.

Our silence gives anti-choicers power. I am done giving them power.

Dec 20 "The only shame I feel today is the shame of staying quiet publicly about my experience."

Dec 21 "I just don’t feel ready, not one bit."

Dec 6 "Sometimes we feel guilty about not feeling guilty, because it is what we have been told to feel." ~ "A veces sentimos culpa de no sentir culpa, porque es lo que nos han dicho que debemos sentir."