Press Statements

  • Demeri, Photographed by Rachael Chappell

    The nearest Planned Parenthood was roughly three and a half hours from where I lived. The road was long. I had lots of time to process what had happened and…

  • Cazembe, Photographed by Ose Arheghan

    “I tell my abortion story for a myriad of reasons. Some of the most important reasons I share my story are that there are not that many open trans people…

  • Cat, Photographed by Crystal Smith

    Having an abortion challenged me to rise to a new level of knowing that I always have the power and my voice matters. Sharing my story is important to me…

  • Brittany, Photographed by Cheyenne Banks

    “I was a mother of three young children when I became pregnant in 2007. Abortion was the best option for and my daughters.”

  • Benny, Photographed by Sumaat Khan

    My abortion wasn’t a magical key that set me free from the abusive relationship – It would take me one more year. However, my abortion was my first taste at…

  • Ashley, Photographed by Amanda King

    I am a Christian and I had an abortion. I want fellow Christians to know that having an abortion(s) won’t separate you from the love of God. My abortion was…

  • Angie, Photographed by Michelle Kanaar

    I have been told that God can punish me for my abortions, but I know that God’s love doesn’t work that way. It was thanks to the 2 abortions that…

  • Alli, Photographed by Hadley Green

    I think about how my life has a night shift nurse would be vastly different if I had not had my abortions. I would be struggling to find child care…

  • Alexis Padriga Lim, Self Portrait

    artifacts i think i got pregnant on this bedspread. a queen sheet, taken from the curb outside an anthropologie in soho. it covered a mattress found on craigslist.