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.

I was a 19-year-old sophomore dating another 19-year-old sophomore. I had a birth-control pill prescription but screwed up using it and got pregnant. It was 1983, and we were in school in Atlanta, GA.

I was 23 years old. I had been with my boyfriend for 6 months. I was just starting my last year of Graduate School. Then, the unthinkable happened, my IUD failed.