Aborted Women:
In Their Own Words

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These are stories of women's experiences with abortion, in their own words. If you would like to share your experience, please read Will you share your abortion story?.
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Positive Experiences	Mixed/Ambiguous	Negative Experiences	Alternative Experiences
Catholic But Not Dogmatic I'll Have a Baby One Day Grateful for the Choice Easier than I expected Abortion is no more painful and ugly than alternatives People who would help became fewer and fewer It was for the best Didn't want anything to interfere with my prospects Nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be Don't impose your views I know I made the right decision Life Goes On A positive story	Not Like the Movies The only thing I will never do again Even though it hurt inside, I know I did the right thing One day I'll tell them why Felt like torture but no regrets A British Perspective Didn't Want To Be Laughed At My Decision	Remain in my Head Memorial Now I had nothing Don't want to lose either one He wasn't just a "thing" Ask the guy how he feels Going on a mountain climb His attitude, my feelings I wish my sister would forgive herself Too late Fog is only beginning to lift Needed to forgive myself Mom got the phone book Didn't know I was high-risk The Sad Twist So many reasons I didn't want my boyfriend to leave me If I had to do it over To this day, no locket have I seen Needed Someone to be There For Me I want another chance Something has been missing Why can't I just go on? Complete Restoration Whose call is it? Won't be celebrating Why didn't I choose what I really wanted? One Year Saturday Never took the time to make the right decision A small grave A simple solution? I won't ever know my first child Talk about lowering your self-esteem ... ... then life goes on as normal It's Already Too Late Multiply Abused ... until I decided to keep one Only in my heart and soul They said they would be there for me Faith and Hope The long road to healing So much resentment Until mommy can one day hold you again My boyfriend hasn't mentioned the baby once Can't Show the Pain Spare Yourself the Hurt It Changed My Life Forever Fear, Violence, and a Second Chance Letting Go	I said NO Protestors outside Listening to my heart God sent this baby for a reason Couldn't let a third one slip through my hands Abortion Isn't For Everyone Other Options Wouldn't trade either of them A Male's Point of View

Updated Sep 2, 2008

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