i was 18 when i had my abortion. i had been sick with chronic urinary tract infections for 3 months. i had an iud in, but unbeknownst to me it had come out. i had been on 8 different antibiotics in the 9 weeks i was pregnant. i knew in my heart that i didn’t want to have a child that young, that is why i had the iud. but sometimes contraception fails. i was just a kid myself. i’m 49 years old, and even though it made me sad to do it, i was also very relieved that i could choose about my own body and when to bring a child into this world. as it turns out, i never did have children. i don’t regret that either.