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Sex wasn’t talked about in our house. I was raised going to church every Sunday, saying grace before dinner, and praying before bed. The only times sex was brought up…

I had two abortions – one when I was 22 and one when I was 23, within months of each other. Both with the same partner. He was a crack…

I was a 23 white, middle class college grad with no insurance. I had just started dating the guy who got me pregnant.

I was 21 with a 9 month old and a boyfriend who was a drug addict. He wasn’t there for our daughter and always put his habit before us….he couldn’t…

My birth control failed after taking two rounds of antibiotics. My boyfriend and I were on the verge of breaking up and were in a horrible relationship where neither of…

When I was 18 I went through a bit of a rough patch, and did not have access to my birth control. I ended up becoming pregnant for the first…

I am a 22 year old woman. I had an abortion – recently. It was the best choice I have ever made, although painful.

I got pregnant shortly after my mother lost her grueling battle with ALS. It was a long, draining and emotional process that left me severely depressed and fragile.

It was 1979, and I was 18 years old. I was working as a night shift waitress at a Pancake House in Pittsburgh, and my then-boyfriend worked there too, as…