When we got pregnant the first time, we were in no position to parent a child right then, and had an abortion at eight weeks. It was not pleasant, but then neither is getting a dental cavity filled.

I found myself pregnant when I was in graduate school in social work, in a relationship with a Vietnam veteran who'd been injured and had signs of what now would be called PTSD. I was taking the pill, we were much in love, but no way were we considering marriage. I got an early pregnancy test,

Yamani's story

I terminated two pregnancies, one the year before and one the year after I had my daughter.

Deb's story

I have always been careful. I have always been the kind of person who looked before I leapt. The one time I didn't, I was on vacation with a group of girl friends. We were out having a great time and I met a great guy. I decided to take a chance and wound up pregnant.