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"It has only been one week since my abortion. Every day it is hard to get out of bed. Every day I think about my baby. I would be 13 weeks and 5 days today. It is always in my head. Every time I see a baby or a pregnant woman I feel sick. I cannot sleep. I cannot eat. I cannot feel normal. I have never regretted a decision more than I have this one. I felt pressured from my mom and my boyfriend’s…"

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Age: 17
Location: Kentucky
Date: April 8, 2016

"It's been three months since my abortion. Today I would have been 21 weeks and 4 days. I would have known by now if I was having a baby girl or boy. This is guilt; this is regret. This is the most painful, exhausting, depressing feeling I have ever felt. Every second of the day I ask myself, “What if I had kept my baby? What if everything would have turned out okay?” This guilt has…"

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Age: 19
Location: Kentucky
Date: March 28, 2016

"It has been 31 years, and I am reminded EVERY time I go to the doctor's for a medical appointment. They ask, "How many times have you been pregnant? How many live births?" When people say "you get over it and move on," they are lying."

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Age: 50
Location: Kentucky
Date: October 27, 2015

"I was 18. I had a one-year-old son. I had just graduated from high school. I was a party girl. I was drinking often, smoking pot daily, and dropping acid almost every weekend. I found myself pregnant again. I was scared. I didn't know what to do. I had a very weak support system, and they were encouraging me to abort my baby. My baby was dehumanized from the moment I made the call for an appointment…"

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Age: 36
Location: Springfield, KY
Date: September 11, 2015

"I had an abortion recently; I was 7 weeks pregnant. I already have a child and am a single mom. I had my first daughter out of wedlock after the father refused to marry me. I thought it was the hardest thing I'd ever done—and that was with the dad paying child support. The father of the child I aborted has never worked. He's basically an adult child. He's emotionally troubled and has drug…"

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Age: 33
Location: Kentucky
Date: December 10, 2014

"I was 19 when I had an abortion. I was in the Army. I was finally so happy after 7 years of being depressed and suicidal... I was dating someone who was abusive, and I didn't tell him I was pregnant... I made the mistake of telling my sister-in-law. She told my brother... The next thing, I knew my family called harassing me, calling me a whore, a tramp, a slut, and a horrible disappointment.…"

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Age: 47
Location: Kentucky
Date: March 28, 2013

"I am the mother of 2 little boys. Motherhood is hard for me. Single motherhood is even harder. I chose to have an abortion when I was 24. I meet plenty of moms who had their children at that age and younger. I would have been a thinner and more energetic mom for sure. Not sure if I would have been very responsible, or loving or mentally stable. I was a mess back then, but I did want to keep the…"

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Age: 39
Location: Louisville, KY
Date: April 15, 2012

"As a young woman I had an abortion. I was 21. I woke up crying after the procedure, and shortly thereafter became so ill, I thought I was going to die. It did make me seek the Lord. As a child, I had accepted the Lord in my life, [but] was not actively serving Him. As I sought the Lord, he sent me some wonderful (real) Christians who didn't judge me. They nurtured me, counseled me and my little…"

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Location: Kentucky
Date: November 30, 2011

"In August of 2003 I had an abortion. I grew up in church and thought I was a Christian. I never believed in abortions and said I would never get one. That all changed the day I found out I was pregnant. I was in college and 21 years old. The first thoughts that went through my head were "how am I going to tell my parents". I'm not sure why I thought that, other than I knew I would be ashamed.…"

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Age: 29
Location: Kentucky
Date: January 25, 2011

"Three months after I lost my virginity, I became pregnant. I was shocked! I never thought that would happen to me! See, I was always the responsible one. I even waited until I was 18 to lose my virginity, solely because I believed that as an adult, I would be able to handle the consequences of my actions. WRONG! I had no idea what it was to be responsible until I realized that I was going to…"

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Age: 24
Location: Vine Grove, KY
Date: November 24, 2010