i was a 23 white, middle class college grad with no insurance. i had just started dating the guy who got me pregnant.

i was 21 with a 9 month old and a boyfriend who was a drug addict. he wasn't there for our daughter and always put his habit before us....he couldn't even hold a job.

in 2002, i had an abortion. it was the most painful decision, i ever made. the guy i was pregnant by was white. i am african-american.

it was 20 years ago - i was 29 and it was an accident. the circumstances aren't important, because a different who or where or when would not have led to a different decision.

many think that abortion is a service mostly used by young, unwed women to hide from their parents the fact that they have had sex.

i was 20 and in an on and off relationship for 4 years. at the time my drug addicted mother kicked me out and i just got my first apartment in a bad area of a town i was new to, far away from the place i grew up.