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[quote=Anonymous]I had an abortion when I was 18. At the time I had started college and paid my tuition with student loans. Then I realized I was pregnant.

I tried to tell my boyfriend. Before I even considered aborting. I phoned him. He was in a bar with another woman. They were flirting and laughing and he was drunk. It was before dinner. I said goodbye and hung up.

In the days that followed I decided to abort. I faced the thought of quitting school and paying back the loans while living in a shelter, since I had no money. My parents had always told me that if I ever came home pregnant I was out of the house and they weren't supporting me. I couldn't bear the thought of raising a baby alone and in a shelter.

I never told anyone. I asked that the medical records be sealed. I went by myself. It was horrible.  It felt like I could feel the baby being ripped apart from me. A student doctor watched. I'll never forget his face. It was the first procedure he observed.

Prior to the procedure I had to get an ultrasound to confirm fetal age. The technician asked me if I wanted to see the monitor, and in tears I shook my head no. I couldn't look. It was already so hard.

I kept dating the loser boyfriend. My therapist says it was probably traumatic bonding. I think I dissociated from my life. I told my boyfriend a year or so after.

I'm mostly in a better place now. I worked through a recovery program. I think I've accepted myself.

I still hate the pro life people. Everytime I see their signs or hear their crap I feel like if they only knew. If they only knew how awful it is to be alone and young; pregnant, immature and scared. How awful it is to have no one to talk to. No support. How awful it is to live with my choice everyday after. Wondering if people would still accept you if they knew. Growing up to have kids that I love dearly but knowing one child is missing.

All of your propaganda... who do you think really sees and notices it? Who do you think you're affecting? You're hurting people who are already hurting. There's women who 100% feel that abortion is their only option. It's a hellish option. Stop making it so much worse.

It was the only choice I could see. I don't regret my choice. I'm sad that I made it. That I felt like I had to make it. That I didn't have other options and that I was all alone.

Your slogans and pictures are helping how? Please have some compassion for humanity. I wasn't careless. The pregnancy still happened. The decision was an awful one to make. Stop feeling like you can judge people who's shoes you haven't walked in. Whatever the reasons women have abortions, there is always a cost.

Someone's abortion or choice to abort is not my business or yours either. You don't know people's lives and their circumstances.[/quote]

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