All in Washington

"I can live my life the way I intended to and when I'm ready, I'm sure I'll be a great mom, just not anytime soon."

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Two Abortions, Washington

“When I went in to get the ultrasound they do before the procedure, I started to cry about how disappointed I was in myself about having to get another one. The nurse said, 'this is more common than you think.' That helped a little, then another nurse who did the education part and was going to be in the room during the procedure noticed I was upset and said, 'If I was pregnant right now, I'd do the same thing. Sometimes the timing is not right and only you can decide that.' After that, I stopped crying and started to feel okay about myself.” Read more.

This story of two abortions is part of 27 amicus briefs submitted to the Supreme Court in opposition to Act 620, a Louisiana law that would close every abortion clinic in the state except for one.

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Two Abortions, Washington, DC

“Julie believes that if she carried either of these pregnancies to term, the stress of caring for the child— if it survived—would have forced her to become socially isolated, put a strain on her marriage, and made her oldest child suffer. She thinks the government and the courts should not intrude on her very personal decisions, and could not possibly know what is best for her.” Click to see the testimony.

"Members of my family don’t speak to me anymore."

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Two Abortions, Washington, Texas, U.S.

“I came from a teenage mother myself. My mom was 14 when she had me. She didn’t want to have me, she didn’t want to be a parent — but she had no choice. I think about what I would look like as a parent in that situation, having a child who knew they weren’t wanted the way I knew I wasn’t wanted and I can’t imagine doing that. I think a lot of people think about the choice to have an abortion as a selfish one, but for me, the choice to not have one would have been the selfish one. A child deserves to be parented.” Click the green title to read more.