I went in to the clinic and I already knew when I went in to get my pregnancy test what my decision was. It wasn't an easy one to make, by any means.

I tried to hide the truth of it all, I was scared to tell, I never would you know. I finally decided to find out the truth, I scheduled a visit to planned parenthood.

Anonymous' story

I was devastated; I felt that having another child would tax me emotionally and leave me unable to give my living children what they needed, so I had an abortion at a clinic in Rockford, Illinois.

I arranged for the procedure, and another friend took me. She never said a negative word to me. The guy left me, not because of the procedure, because he would have anyway.

I had just begun seeing someone the day before I realized I was pregnant, and I knew that the man that fathered this child was my verbally abusive, manipulative ex boyfriend.