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“I have taken two weeks since my positive test to make this decision. Checklists, workbooks, guided daydreams . . . and finally have come to the conclusion that we are not "there" yet. I would want to give a child a stable loving life, which may or may not be in my future.” Click the green title to read more.
“I deal with my abortions every day and every day it gets a little better. I don’t cry as often as I use to and I don’t beat my self up as much. I know everything happens for a reason, and there is good in every bad thing. I know my experience will help someone some day.” Click the green title to read more.
“Neither man was capable of being a committed father-parent & I think children deserve to have two loving parents. Is it any wonder that I chose to abort?” Click the green title to read more.
“I'm grateful for the compassionate medical care I received both times--and for a partner who agreed at age 48 to get a vasectomy.” Click the green title to read more.
“That was my first abortion, and no I don't regret it and never did. I had two more abortions, both were from having un-protected sex yes I'm one of those people they talk about who are careless, and I just happen to be extremely fertile.” Click the green title to read more.
“The second pregnancy occurred as a result of rape by a stranger, a month after the previous abortion. I was traumatized by the rape and felt terrible about having another abortion so soon after the first one, but there was no doubt in my mind that it was the right thing to do. “ Click the green title to read more.
“So many people assume that the decision to have an abortion is heavy, but for me it was simply a medical choice. I didn't want children, and there was no heartache about the situation.” Click the green title to read more.
Elizabeth says she envies the ‘free rhetorical space’ in the anti-abortion movement, where people who’ve had multiple abortions can talk openly about their experiences, as long as they frame their stories to punish other people who’ve had abortions.
Listen to Devra talk about her three abortion experiences — one of them an illegal abortion in 1966. She explains how much it helped her to be able to talk to other women about her reproductive experiences.
Listen to Josephine tell about her two abortion experiences in this episode of The Abortion Diary Podcast.
“Definitely felt like a complete failure when I found out I was pregnant the second time.” Click the green title to read more.
