i was 22 when i found out i was pregnant, at 16 weeks the ultrasound showed abnormalities that needed further evaluation.

the first child my husband and i had died 3 days after being born. the second lived a month.

when i was fifteen years old, i found out i was pregnant with a partner that was deeply abusive and manipulative, but with whom i was very much in love.

i am part of the 1 in 3. i have had an abortion, and i don't regret it one bit.

i had an abortion on april 26, 1984 when i was just barely 13 years old. my adoptive parents had a distant cousin of theirs, more a friend of the family, living with us.

we were married in the early 80's and didn't really do much birth control beyond withdrawal, but we hadn't planned on kids, and even though we had sex for years, i didn't get pregnant until 1986.