Press Statements
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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.
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Joy, photographed by Emily Garcia Tornquist
“I grew up in a small town in Michigan. The local family planning clinic wasn’t open on weekends and the nearest abortion provider was more than 50 miles away.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Kayleigh
It all started with the final end of a very rocky relationship. I had finally ended things after a year and a half. It took me 4 weeks to realize…
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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…
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Ashley
No one knows that I’ve had three abortions. Almost no one. I have told one woman and one man in my life.