Press Statements

  • Rachel, Photographed by Kat Bawden

    “Pregnancy was hard for me. Harder than I originally thought, I mean who thought the joining of two cells could wreak such havoc on a body? 

  • Nicole, Photographed by Joy Bullock

    “I was 19 when I went through an abortion. It was a decision I made with confidence.

  • Lucy, Photographed by Natalie Gale

    “This first photo helps frame my abortion experience by portraying who I was able to become and what I was able to accomplish as a result of terminating my pregnancy.

  • Cat, Photographed by Crystal Smith

    “I viewed strength prior to this experience as something in relation to how physically capable you were. I saw it as something only a special few had that it came…

  • Renee and Daniela, Photographed by De’Jonnae Boyd

    The very first time I shared my abortion story publicly in 2012, I wrote “Abortion is different for everyone. Each abortion is like stripes on a zebra; while on the…

  • Sydney

    I was 18 in 1968. I had sex for the first time – unprotected because the student health center at my University would not provide birth control without parental permission.…

  • Ashley

    No one knows that I’ve had three abortions. Almost no one. I have told one woman and one man in my life.

  • Olivia

    When my body expelled my IUD about three months after its painful insertion, I didn’t even feel it. Somewhere at some hour, minute, and second, I joined the few women…

  • Brie

    Towards the end of my senior year of high school, I had a casual encounter with a guy that was a little older than me. One thing led to the…