we'd decided a year ago that i would stop birth control because of difficulties with side effects, and in combination with our usual withdrawal method and ovulation tracking, we thought we'd be fine.

i had a suction abortion at 4.5 weeks pregnant yesterday.
i read lots of stories hoping to find more details than i did about the process itself,
so i've decided to write out my experience for other woman who are scared about their first abortion.

when i was in college, i was in a serious relationship and sexually active with my now-husband, then-boyfriend.

we had just gotten married in june when in september i found out i was pregnant.

i’m 24 i found i was pregnant about a week after my boyfriend left for army deployment 7000 miles away and wouldn’t be home for about 10 months.

my reluctance to share my abortion story is not due to shame or trauma, but anger at the fact that people feel the need to judge each woman’s story.