i am about to turn 29 in about a month. this is my 3rd pregnancy, but no children.

the first 16 years of my life were something out of a lifetime channel movie; alcoholic, misogynist, abusive stepfather, enabling and psychologically damaged mother, and a spoiled, bratty, but obedient younger sister.

i was an adult, married woman of 25. we had just had a baby. this baby was not growing and was hospitalized at 3 months.

i had an abortion last fall, at age 22. i had just moved across the country following my graduation and was working long hours at low pay to gain clinical experience in hopes of getting into medical school.

i had an abortion when i was a freshman in college and was in my first sexual relationship.

i aborted a wanted pregnancy when i was 32 years old.