when i was 18 i went through a bit of a rough patch, and did not have access to my birth control. i ended up becoming pregnant for the first time. as soon as i told my much older then-boyfriend, he skipped town and i never saw him again.

i am a 22 year old woman. i had an abortion - recently. it was the best choice i have ever made, although painful.

i got pregnant shortly after my mother lost her grueling battle with als. it was a long, draining and emotional process that left me severely depressed and fragile.

it was 1979, and i was 18 years old. i was working as a night shift waitress at a pancake house in pittsburgh, and my then-boyfriend worked there too, as a line cook in the kitchen.

i was:

13 years ago i became pregnant while on the pill. my boyfriend at the time accused me of getting pregnant on purpose because we had been going through a rough patch and he even had the nerve to ask me if the baby was definitely his.