I had an abortion when I was 23. I don't regret it, it was the best choice at the time. I had a two day fling with my ex boyfriend.

I was in my early 30s and in a relationship and we had been using condoms. I had not been on the pill but things can and do happen.

I started seeing a therapist again after my abortion. She tells me it’s OK to talk about this, but I know I’m not supposed to.

When I needed to decide whether to carry my third pregnancy full-term or have an abortion, I already had two sons and would have loved to try for a daughter. However a low back injury make it too dangerous to go full term. So, I decided on an abortion and had my fallopian tubes tied off at the same time.

It was something I needed to do at the time I did it.

The first 16 years of my life were something out of a Lifetime Channel movie; alcoholic, misogynist, abusive stepfather; enabling and psychologically damaged mother; and a spoiled, bratty, but obedient younger sister.