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a.

i had my first abortion when i was 19, in a good relationship with someone i loved. the condom broke, and i knew as soon as i saw the positive pregnancy test (that i took in a public bathroom at the mall because i didn't want anyone to know) that i would not carry to term.

gayle

i was a young, nineteen year old girl from a privileged family brought up in a suburb of new york. my parents took me to santa domingo to have my illegal abortion.

anonymous

i was living with a drug dealer who didn't like me using my diaphragm because it "broke the mood"; he didn't like waiting for me to put it in.

anonymous

my husband wanted to be involved with my birth control method. we learned about natural family planning and started using it. it worked well. . . for a while, until i had unprotected sex on day 6 of my cycle.

heather

i was raised in a religious household and given your basic red state sex education. we were told to abstain sex or burn in hell. no one explained how pregnancy happened or how to avoid it.

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