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Real Stories of Abortion

“It’s forming a blue line” – These words rang in my ears as my mouth went dry and my life flashed in front of me. Sheer panic, aged 18, I...

Real Stories of Abortion

I’ve had two. It’s hard to not write a list of justifications why. Instead of that urge, I want to write about a choice we make in the...

Real Stories of Abortion

I became pregnant by someone who I only briefly knew when I was travelling. I felt stupid because I would have been more careful but I...

Real Stories of Abortion

Even before the post-anaesthesia nausea had subsided, I realised that having a termination was the most empowering thing I’d ever done. I...

Real Stories of Abortion

I was 17 when I had an abortion. I’m now 27. It was an easy decision for me – that’s not to say it wasn’t difficult. I don’t regret it at...

Real Stories of Abortion

At 20 weeks of my pregnancy I was pushed down the stairs by partner. My membranes were ruptured and I was admitted to hospital. The scan...

Real Stories of Abortion

I have just taken the 1st pill, tomorrow I will be able to take the rest. The only thing I’m sad about is me and my 6-month old baby have...

Real Stories of Abortion

Of two unplanned pregnancies, I chose to terminate the first and continue with the second. I regret nothing about either decision; and I...

Real Stories of Abortion

I was 14, anorexic and had taken the morning after pill. With my irregular periods I had no idea I could get pregnant. If my private...

Real Stories of Abortion

I wasn’t in a good place mentally of financially, living with my partner’s parents and struggling to hold down a job and function. In...

Real Stories of Abortion

I had an abortion 14 years ago. I don’t regret it even though I am in my 5th year of fertility issues with my husband.

Real Stories of Abortion

A difficult time, that is what it was. My ex (my partner then) had used a condom but I was not on any contraception. When I got to know I...

Real Stories of Abortion

I found out a week after me and my long term partner broke up. I feel happy and confident in my decision, but that doesn’t mean I don’t...

Real Stories of Abortion

I was 20. Failed contraception, and an unsympathetic boyfriend of 5 years. I was in the middle of 3 years of career training. It was...

Real Stories of Abortion

I was stuck in an abusive relationship. Pregnant again and trapped. I chose the safety of existing children. And finally got out.

Real Stories of Abortion

When I had my abortion, I expected women in the abortion clinic to be in floods of tears, but actually most women are really relieved to...

Real Stories of Abortion

I had an abortion at 38. I had 2 daughters aged 6 and 8. I took a month to make my decision, but I felt my marriage wouldn’t survive. It...

Real Stories of Abortion

It’s never an easy decision – but it’s a decision every woman had a right to make over her own body and life. I was lucky not to be in...

Real Stories of Abortion

I had an abortion in the US in my late 20’s; I’m 45 now. It was a medical abortion before they were legal and widely available. Wrong...

Real Stories of Abortion

In 1979, I had an abortion. I was about 24, married since I was 16 with 2 children by the age of 19. I had a one-night stand in my first...

Real Stories of Abortion

I had an abortion at thirty years old, I have never forgotten the experience and rarely a month goes by without considering it in some...

Real Stories of Abortion

I had 2 abortions before the age of 18. I was 17 when I first fell pregnant – sex without any contraception, I knew it was risky not...

Real Stories of Abortion

It only takes one time! I knew that I should get my period by 9th Feb…..that date came and went – and my period didn’t. I was stressed...

Real Stories of Abortion

I spent my 16th birthday in hospital having an abortion. I fell pregnant with my first boyfriend just after having obtained the pill for...