i have always been careful. i have always been the kind of person who looked before i leapt. the one time i didn’t, i was on vacation with a group of girl friends. we were out having a great time and i met a great guy. i decided to take a chance and wound up pregnant. i felt a great deal of anger as many people i know have made this type of reckless decision multiple times and met with different results. i never told him. i stopped speaking to him because of the shame and regret i felt. terminating the pregnancy was the easiest decision i’ve ever made but i will never stop living with the emotional effects. i am happy to live in a day and age where i have the opportunity to make my own decisions and have a safe option for termination. i’ve told my current boyfriend and many of my friends in an effort to ease the regret i still feel and it’s helped. i’ll never get over it but i can get past it. every woman should have the right to make her own decisions.