One summer when I was 16, I had an abortion. I was brought up in a conservative Methodist home in Texas. I had gotten pregnant by my boyfriend at the time, we were young curious hormonal teenagers.

I have type 2 cancer of the left ovary and have been doing ongoing proton and radiation treatments since July 2012. I had an abortion in November 2012. I was 33 and he was 39. I live in Texas and he lives in Louisiana. I am also the only person in my family who lives in Texas.

I am a rapid cycling bipolar who had an abortion due to going completely off meds.