All in Six Abortions

"I’m not in a good place despite my endless trying to find a new happiness -- a trap that many women fall into with their abusers."

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Six Abortions, Location Not Given

“The take away of my story? Abortion is stigmatizing to the point women believe that it will cause infertility. I’ve done medical abortions and one in stirrups surgically. All safe and legal of course, so maybe that’s why I’m still fertile? I just want my own life story to hold out hope for others that it is your body. Abortions don’t make you a horrible person. They are safe — unlike right wingers saying. You still get pregnant after! Even if sometimes you’re still with an asshole man that you know you can’t keep the baby with.” Read more

"Enduring those hardships was in itself truly hellish, and I try to remember that I deserve to move on and experience happiness and peace."

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Six Abortions, Texas, U.S.

“He was possessive and supported my addictions, and often he would have sex with me against my will and in humiliating ways. My boss also sexually abused me. I became pregnant four times while I was with my ex, on birth control two of the four times. He enjoyed knowing I was pregnant and felt that this made me in some way more his.” Read more.

"Four pregnancies while using birth control pills. Correctly. Every damn day."

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Six Abortions, New Mexico

“I got pregnant again at 19 while using birth control. I was in the Navy, in a foreign country and was able to obtain a legal abortion there too. Again - less than 3 months later I was pregnant. My periods had not yet become regular after the abortion and I wasn’t using birth control. I had asked a navy doctor for an IUD but was treated like a “slut” for even asking.” Read more.

"Accidental pregnancies are way more common than spoken about." ~ 20 people share stories in one Reddit thread.

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Two Abortions, Three Abortions, Four Abortions, Five Abortions, Six Abortions, Multiple Abortions

A person asks, “Has anyone had more than one abortion” in a Reddit forum — and a flood of people respond, sharing their own experiences of more than one accidental or unhealthy pregnancy, and assuring that it’s common and that there is no need to feel shame or fear judgment. Read more.

"Considering our society's lack of support for pregnant women, especially single, unstable, poor ones, imagining that motherhood would have turned me into a model citizen is magical thinking."

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Six Abortions, California, U.S.

“In my 20s, I had 6 abortions in 7 years. I got pregnant while using condoms, diaphragms, cervical caps, and the sponge. Furious, I had my tubes tied, and even then I got pregnant once more. I felt I owed it to society not to burden the world with more people like myself - traumatized by a bad childhood that no amount of therapy seemed able to fix.” Read more.

"Debido al estigma, la satanización y el silencio sobre el aborto pensé que ya me quedé estéril, al siguiente més estuve embarazada."

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Six Abortions, Seis Abortos, Perú, Spanish/English

“Nunca me he sentido mal después de un aborto, todo lo contrario, físicamente es casi nada comparado con el trabajo del parto, emocionalmente, me levantaba de la camilla y era la mujer entusiasta y trabajadora que soy. Talvez porque no soy católica, soy politeista, encuentro a la divinidad en todas partes, tengo una gran veneración a la Madre tierra. Siento que nosotras somos ella en miniatura, ella también aborta y también da frutos maravillosos y en partes es infértil o estéril como algunas compañeras.” Haga clic en el título verde para ver las traducciones al español y al inglés de esta historia.

“I have never felt bad after an abortion — quite the opposite. Physically it is almost nothing compared to labor. Emotionally, I got up from the stretcher and was the enthusiastic and hardworking woman I am. Maybe because I'm not Catholic, I'm a polytheist. I find divinity everywhere. I have a great veneration for Mother Earth. I feel that we are her in miniature. She also aborts and also bears wonderful fruits and in parts she is infertile or sterile like some companions.” Click the green title to see both Spanish and English translations of this story.