we were just not ready to have kids. we were young and just starting our careers. there were also many stressful things going on in our lives at the time.

ashley's story

i was 26, in a relationship for a few years, and the birth control failed (does anyone remember the cervical cap?).

i believe unless you went through it you shouldn’t have a solid opinion simply because you don’t know.

i am part of a big family with many strong women who have chosen or been forced to care for themselves and their families. some have had abortions and some have chosen to give birth despite difficult circumstances.

pre-roe v. wade, my abortion was a cloak and dagger affair. i was lucky, though. i connected with a true abortion mill run by midwives who obviously had connections to someone who could supply drugs that hastened the procedure and fought infection afterwards.