i was 22 years old and two weeks away from my junior year of college when i found out that i was pregnant. i remember just taking the test on a lark. it was extra and laying around. i have endometriosis and have two to three periods a year. i had been told that my chances of getting pregnant were quite low, so i was in complete shock when the test was positive. i felt like someone had just jabbed me in the stomach and i couldn\u2019t stand. i was terrified.<\/p>\n
i knew right away that i couldn\u2019t keep it. i was in college, didn\u2019t have a job, and my boyfriend of two years was older and still living with his parents. i would be a single mother making minimum wage and wouldn\u2019t be able to give my child what it would need. i also knew that i couldn\u2019t put it up for adoption. the idea that my child would be in an abusive home or homeless on the street would haunt me forever.<\/p>\n
my boyfriend wouldn\u2019t help me with the money (even though he was excited that i was having an abortion). i had to use the money given to me by my parents for my books that semester for the abortion. so i had to go without books, quite creatively, for a semester.<\/p>\n
looking around the waiting room of planned parenthood in tennessee, i saw women just like me. some of them had even brought their textbooks. they weren\u2019t able to perform the abortion the first time because i was taking prednisone. it was just a precaution, but it let me know that they really cared about my health. i felt safe for the first time. the only time i didn\u2019t feel alone in the experience was when i was around the staff. they answered all my questions and made sure i was completely informed.<\/p>\n
i\u2019m not sorry i had an abortion. it was the right decision for me and the fetus inside me. whether or not to have an abortion is a very personal choice. i wouldn\u2019t wish any woman to find herself in the same situation that i was, but it does happen. it\u2019s important that all women are able to make their own health decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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