i had an abortion when i was a 23 year old college senior. the pregnancy was the result of a one night stand. i voluntarily looked at my ultrasound before the procedure.

i found out i was pregnant in may 2013. i was ecstatic, so was my partner. we had been trying for a baby for about a year.

i was 21 when i became pregnant with my third child, fathered by my alcoholic, physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive husband. early in the pregnancy, after he was arrested for hitting me, i finally found the strength, and courage to leave him, and file for divorce.

my boyfriend and i had been using the pull-out method for almost a year since i went off the pill because of side effects. i figured if i got pregnant we were already talking about marriage and it would just be a little out of order. no big deal right? wrong. i was so very wrong.

i had always considered myself to be cautious, when it came to protected sex and birth control, and to be honest i never thought i would experience an unwanted pregnancy.

i have had two abortions and i experienced each one in tremendously different ways.