i had my abortion when i was fifteen years old. i was in an abusive relationship at the time and had not consented to the sex that resulted in pregnancy. my family gave me options, as did the father, and i chose not to keep it. i couldn’t picture myself looking at a child every day and knowing what a horrible person it had come from.
since then i have finished school, moved out of my parents home and gotten married to a wonderful man who knows about my past and supports and loves me very much.
i used to sometimes wonder what would have happened if i had kept the baby. seeing as i have depression, it might have been too much for me to take. i am a new person now, much stronger and wiser. i don’t feel like i would have been able to do this, or to keep going, if i had been such a young mother in such a bad situation.