Despite using birth control, I discovered I was pregnant at the age of 20. There was no thinking in my decision, my automatic response was to terminate.

I was twenty one years old. It was 1973. I was engaged to be married the summer after I graduated. I was attending a baptist university, getting ready to do my student teaching.

I was 20 years old when my abortion happened. My boyfriend and I were in the early stages of our relationship, and we were also 180 miles apart.

I felt like a stereotype. I was 16 years old and had just lost my virginity when I found out I was pregnant.

I'm telling my abortion story because it is not sensational.

I was 25 and had just become engaged... not very dramatic. But, I am glad to be telling my story in a somewhat public way.