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"I was 20 years old when I got pregnant for the first time. My boyfriend wasn’t supportive and not good to me. My mom and boyfriend advised me to get an abortion. Told me I couldn’t do it. I went in that room and spoke their words. Because I believed them. I didn’t think I could do it. I went through with the process in complete and utter panic, crying each step, each question. My mom had…"

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Age: 21
Location: Syracuse, NY
Date: March 7, 2025

"My boyfriend and I have been together for about three years. My parents never liked him, but I still went to see him. When I ended up getting pregnant and being caught, before escaping my parents home, they said I was throwing my life away. I was nine weeks pregnant when they brought me up to Virginia to have the abortion the first time. I told them I didn't want this procedure done and they…"

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Age: 17
Location: Morganton, GA
Date: December 28, 2024

"I was 20 years old when my parents advised me to have an abortion. I was getting ready to have surgery. My mom told me that if I waited to have the baby, insurance would not cover my surgery because I'd be taken off my parents’ insurance. She said that later in life, insurance wouldn't cover it because it would be a pre-existing condition. The father was an ex-boyfriend who was in another relationship.…"

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Age: 53
Location: United States
Date: October 29, 2024

"I was a single mom in 1981 when I found myself pregnant. After several conversations with friends, I opted for abortion. That night I spent with a friend on her couch, crying silently for the baby I just killed. Hoping against hope he was still alive. Later that year, I became pregnant again and reached out to an adoption agency I found in the phone book. I told them I had an abortion earlier…"

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Age: 65
Location: Monroe, NC
Date: October 23, 2024

"I was coerced by my (then) boyfriend who I had been living with as a wife for almost four years. We were ‘in love’ (or at least I was and thought he was too). When I became pregnant, our relationship changed. I went from expecting support, marriage, and a life together to receiving a ‘cold response’ and pressure to get an abortion—which I strongly resisted. Unfortunately, the pressure…"

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Age: 60
Location: Bournemouth, UK
Date: October 16, 2024

"On July 16th, it will be two years. It was hideous then, and it’s still as horrid now. It’s an experience I never thought I’d go through, a decision I never thought I’d make, and something that will always and forever follow me. When I found out I was pregnant, it was completely unexpected as I didn’t think I was able to conceive due to my hormone replacement therapy. It took me a while…"

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Age: 30
Location: United Kingdom
Date: July 4, 2024

"I was 17 years old with a long-term boyfriend when I found out I was pregnant. Up until then I had been told it was not yet a baby until much later in the pregnancy, and I believed it—although something didn’t sit right with me about that story. I went ahead and had an abortion and never once considered going through with the pregnancy. But once it was over, I immediately knew what I had…"

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Age: 47
Date: April 26, 2024

"I was 19 years old and in love. In my mind, he was my soulmate. I got pregnant and when I told him, he said he didn't remember ejaculating. At that moment I knew that even If I decided not to do the abortion, I'd be a single parent, which I couldn't handle..."

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Age: 20
Location: Johannesburg
Date: February 24, 2024

"I got pregnant for the first time at the age of 37 with a man who I was in a new relationship with. I had always wanted to be a mom, but I always found myself in one bad relationship after another. With this man, though, I felt like I had finally met my match, so we were careless about using protection. Two days before confirming that I was pregnant with a home pregnancy test, my boyfriend confessed…"

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Age: 38
Location: Staten Island
Date: September 14, 2023

"I was around 20 years old. For my entire life I had been told not to have children, because it would ruin both of our lives. When I say my family is poor, I'm talking Appalachian poor from the mountains of West Virginia. I fell pregnant with my boyfriend (now husband), and believed any chance of getting out of generational poverty was forever gone. I told very few people I was pregnant. A conversation…"

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Age: 28
Location: Keyser, WV
Date: September 1, 2023

"I had only been dating my boyfriend for six months when I got pregnant. I was 23; he was 26. He was the first and only person I had ever been with, and our relationship was very unhealthy and toxic. I never once considered abortion. it was never an option for me. I value life, every life, and think even if someone’s life is difficult and fraught with hardship it is immeasurable in value. My…"

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Age: 24
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Date: August 9, 2023

"I had an abortion 34 years ago. I did struggle with it from time to time, but it seemed after the years had passed that it didn’t really bother me anymore. What the mind forgets, the heart holds onto. Little did I know there would come a time when it would hit me like a ton of bricks. I was 18 at the time I had the abortion. Dumped by my abusive boyfriend, I moved out of my hometown to another…"

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Age: 52
Location: Alabama
Date: June 21, 2023

"It's been a little over two years since my abortion. I still think about it every day. I didn't know what to do, so my boyfriend made the decision for me. It was the biggest mistake of my life."

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Age: 25
Location: Serbia
Date: May 16, 2023

"I am a fifteen year old girl and found out I was pregnant during school. Seeing my ex-boyfriend that same day and not having the guts to tell him genuinely killed me inside. He found out and was nice about it until I told him I wanted to keep it. He shunned me for it and told me he ‘wasn't ready,’ although he'd also told me to come off the pill as he wanted me to have his baby. So I got the…"

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Age: 15
Location: London
Date: May 13, 2023

"HAVE YOUR BABY. If you are pregnant, IT IS MEANT TO BE. I got pregnant for the first time at 30 by a man who was the worst, just a total jerk--a guy I knew if I had my baby with would tell my kid terrible things about me. That is why I got an abortion, because I couldn't stand a lifetime link to that man. But the reality is you can raise your child to be a good person. With the love you provide…"

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Age: 33
Location: Los Angeles
Date: April 7, 2023