I am part of a big family with many strong women who have chosen or been forced to care for themselves and their families. Some have had abortions and some have chosen to give birth despite difficult circumstances.

Pre-Roe v. Wade, my abortion was a cloak and dagger affair. I was lucky, though. I connected with a true abortion mill run by midwives who obviously had connections to someone who could supply drugs that hastened the procedure and fought infection afterwards.

Laura's story

Ione's story

I used my birth control incorrectly because I wasn’t taught how it worked and I was too self-conscious to ask the pharmacist. I took the wrong weeks at the wrong times and ended up pregnant.

Ellen's story