I was 17 years old. I was a senior in high school, straight A student, and I had just been accepted to a very good private college.

I was in my last semester of grad school, living with my boyfriend for a year and a half.

Tenía 17 años cuando me practiqué el aborto. Cabe resaltar que provengo de una familia cristiana en la cual el estigma del aborto es muy negativo.

I read about this organization today in The Daily Beast and felt compelled to share my story in support of women's rights and freedom in the U.S.

I will not apologize for my abortion. I am not ashamed. I know without a doubt that my choice was the right choice for me.

In 1969 abortion was illegal and women died and got horrible infections from trying to abort themselves some used coat hangers and there was the real possibility of death and sterility.