i received a safe and legal abortion when an unplanned pregnancy followed not long after the birth of my second child. because i was treated with respect and care, and because the choice to end the pregnancy fit with my life plan and my core values, the event was not traumatic.

i was seventeen when i found out i was pregnant to a boy (also seventeen) who i had been dating for a little over a month. i barely graduated highschool, and had serious depression, anxiety, bulimia.

my boyfriend at the time took advantage of me, did not listen to me, and a month later i started craving blueberries (of all things!).

i grew up in a home surrounded by mental illness. i knew i didn't have the skills or the gene pool for parenthood, but i got married to a manipulative man and we got pregnant twice.

i was in college when i found out i was pregnant. emotional broken and depressed over a breakup with my boyfriend i sought out a new guy as quickly as i could.

i was 19 and sophomore in college when i got pregnant. i had only been with my boyfriend for a few months, and i couldn't see him as a father.