Press Statements

I was 35. I’d never been pregnant, and always been pretty good about using protection with sex.

In 1974, Illinois had become one of a handful of states that had legalized abortion.

I was 19 when I had an abortion.

I was 15 when I found out I was pregnant. I couldn’t understand it, how the hell could this have happened to me?

It was 1972, I just graduated HS in a very small Iowa town and I had earned a full scholarship.

I have had two abortions and don’t regret either one. The first time was when I was 19.

I was living abroad when I met my boyfriend and we were together for three years before I returned to the US.

I live in the UK and I have had two abortions.

I was 16 and 17 years old, and in a committed relationship with my high school boyfriend, when I had my two abortions.