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"I was back in school two days later and I was thrilled to not be pregnant!"

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Two Abortions, U.S.

“At 19 I became pregnant for the second time. I didn’t immediately know what I wanted to do, but eventually I decided to have an abortion. I just didn’t want to be a parent yet. This abortion happened a bit later into the pregnancy and was more painful than my first. But again, I was so glad to have been able to make the choice not to be pregnant or have an unwanted child.” Read more.

"I knew this was the worst possible environment that I could bring a child into."

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Multiple Abortions, Massachusetts, California, U.S.

“Making the decision to have an abortion is a complex and quiet calculus. Even when it feels uncomplicated, there are nuances. As a woman of color, I grew up like with so much stigma around not being an unwed teenage mother. Now that I'm older I wonder why I got so fixated on there being only one way –married—to have kids.” Read more.

"We never really ever forget, it will always be part of us, but we can move on and learn how to love ourselves the way we should."

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Three Abortions, Arizona, U.S.

“After talking to him , he refused to be a father. It didn’t matter how much I knew him, had memories with him, he just refused because he liked how his life was without children. But why did I have to pay for that pain? Anyway, I didn’t want to be a single mother of 2 kids so I had a surgical abortion.” Read more.

"These are tears of relief. You have no idea, this is a massive relief."

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Two Abortions, U.S.

“That abortion gave me the time to meet the person I am spending the rest of my life with, and eventually have our daughter. When our daughter was 5, we wanted to give her a sibling. I was 37 at the time and experienced a number of losses before getting pregnant again. We told everyone — we were so excited — and then at 13 weeks the doctors found chromosomal abnormalities.” Read more.

"When I told him I was pregnant he screamed at me for two hours as I cowered on the couch."

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Three Abortions, California, U.S.

“My third abortion was only a few years later, in a new relationship with a good guy. He was a hard no and I just wasn't going to have and raise a child by myself that the child's father didn't want. That was the hardest one. But it was still the right choice. I wanted my child to be wanted and loved and at least start its life with a stable home.” Read more.

"The nurses were empathetic, but the physician who did two of these abortions said that 'three is too many.' "

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Three Abortions, U.S.

“I felt incredibly lucky. As a college student before becoming a physician, I had worked in a public hospital in Arequipa, Peru, where women were brought when they had unfinished "illegal" abortions. They were denounced by the healthcare providers because it was illegal and they often were not given any pain medicines. And they had many horrible, long-term consequences, including infections, infertility, chronic pain.” Read more.

"My great-grandmother gave birth to eight children and aborted four."

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Two Abortions, Four Abortions, U.S.

“The excessive burden of motherhood my great-grandmother carried had plenty of heart-breaking legacy for us all.”

The New York Times ran an article detailing stories of people who had abortions before it was legalized by the now endangered Roe v Wade ruling. Among the comments to the article are these four stories involving people who’ve had more than one abortion. Read more.

"I have never written about my abortions before." ~ Journalist Mona Eltahawy

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Two Abortions, Egypt, U.S.

“Why couldn’t I, Mona Eltahawy, a woman born in Egypt to a Muslim family, write an essay under my own name, in which I say openly and without shame that I have had two abortions, that I am glad I had those two abortions and that had I become pregnant again I would have had another abortion because I did not want to have children? Why have I been able to risk my safety and my life by writing articles about a military-backed regime but I could not write about my abortions?” Read more.

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