Tengo 23 años, soy de una familia de clase media y sufro de depresion endogena. Quede embarazada a los 15 años, en Chile en aborto no es legal ni tampoco tenia dinero asi que tube que tener a mi hija.

When I was 18 I got pregnant. Abortion was illegal then and I couldn't find the back alley. The boy, his parents and my mother pressured me to get married. All the money I had saved for college went for maternity expenses.

I had no idea how important abortion was until I found out the hard way that it can be the only way to end a pregnancy.

I am 23 years old. I had my abortion in May of this year. I have never wanted children. I have never wanted to carry a thing inside of me that is not part of me. The very thought chills me to the bone.

I have had two abortions. I had my first abortion when I was twenty-three. I was employed, saving to travel the world, and madly in love. Unfortunately he was on the other side of the world that I wanted to travel to and a very bad letter writer.

I found out that I was pregnant the day before I was set to fly across country for a several month long service endeavor. There was no consideration of "what to do"; I knew immediately that I had to have an abortion.