these photos embody the ways i am gentle with myself and attune to my own healing and growth after my abortion. i have found ways to reclaim my power, my agency, and i feel inspired to help others do the same.
this high school graduation photograph reminds me how young i was when i arranged for and survived a ‘back-alley,’ illegal abortion three years before the roe v. wade ruling. holding this photograph now, nearly 50 years later, i think about the other women who weren’t so lucky back then and the people now who continue to be denied access to abortion services in some areas of our country.
“cuando tuve mi primer aborto yo tenía 22 años y mi hija amahia tenía 1 año. ella tiene osteogénesis imperfecta y en aquel momento sólo pensaba en lo incierto que era brindarle todos los cuidados necesarios, siendo madre primeriza con una niña con una condición genética, conocida como “huesos de cristal”.