i am a single mother of two children. when i was pregnant with my first, i knew i could do it - all alone. and i did. no problem.

i had an abortion when i was in college in the early 1990's. at that age, many people are careless sexually, and i was one of them.

although i am not "proud" that i have had two abortions, i am extremely happy that they were legal, my decision, and somewhat affordable. my first was an accident...the condom broke.

i was seventeen years old and in an abusive relationship with a man who was twenty-five, enough said there! i got pregnant and thought to myself, i don't want to be tied to him for the next eighteen years and i also don't have any business trying to raise a child.

i was 20-years old when i found out i was 5 weeks pregnant. i hadn't been with the father very long, and while i was crazy about him, we weren't ready to be parents, let alone parents together.

i was 21 when a routine physical showed i was pregnant. i was on the depo shot and in a committed relationship. i was also going to college full time and working full time.