i was raped at the age of 11. not only was my childhood taken from me, i feel as if my whole life has been taken from me. i am 20 as of now, and yes, i conceived from that nightmare, at a very very young age.

what? but my catholic high school biology teacher told me i couldn't get pregnant on my period! what a shocker! here is what i have felt from the minute i was able to get a safe, legal abortion 24 years ago - grateful, grateful, grateful!

i have had two abortions: the first when i was in my early twenties and newly married, the second when i was about 5 years older.

i had an abortion when i was a 23 year old college senior. the pregnancy was the result of a one night stand. i voluntarily looked at my ultrasound before the procedure.

i found out i was pregnant in may 2013. i was ecstatic, so was my partner. we had been trying for a baby for about a year.

i was 21 when i became pregnant with my third child, fathered by my alcoholic, physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive husband. early in the pregnancy, after he was arrested for hitting me, i finally found the strength, and courage to leave him, and file for divorce.