Abortion Stories (Pennsylvania)
Personal testimonies from women (and men) who have gone through an abortion.
Page Summary:
The 818 unsolicited abortion stories on these pages have come to Abort73 through our online submission form. Though not all women regret their abortions, these stories demonstrate that countless women do.
To share your own abortion story, click here for our online submission form.
To learn more about the potential psychological impact of abortion, read "Post-Abortion Syndrome."
If you're looking for "positive" abortion stories, read this.
"Two and a half years into our relationship, I would have never thought that would have been his reaction. I knew I was pregnant; I work at a hospital so I took a test there. The same day I took the test, I let him know the results. He called an abortion clinic seconds later. That hurt. We talked about starting a family and more. To hear him tell me out of his own mouth that he didn’t want the…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 32
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: November 22, 2020
"I became pregnant at age 15. My parents and I decided on an abortion. The years that followed were riddled with depression, substance abuse, promiscuity and self-hatred. I went on to have four more abortions. They had a compounding effect that was so detrimental to my mental health. I still struggle to this day. I have been in therapy for a good part of my adult life. I feel certain that my poor…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 58
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: February 1, 2019
"It is your choice, just like it was mine. DON'T DO IT! I regret it! I am angry with myself! Every day is painful. I put my lover through so much pain, and he was the only one begging me not to do it. Every reason I told myself I needed to do it now sounds like a pitiful excuse. We are both healthy. We don't have allot of money, but we could've made it work. The three kids that I do have would've…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 37
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: May 3, 2017
"I constantly find my myself Googling pictures of what the fetus would look like had I kept it. I selfishly gave up my child to the lord three months ago. I was/am a diehard Republican. The thought of people wanting the "right" to kill their own child sickened me. It still does. I can't even live with myself. My soul wants to leave my physical body and go be with my angel baby. But the truth of…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 21
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: March 15, 2017
"I found out on June 28 that I was pregnant, but we kinda already knew. We were so happy; everything was going great. I am now filled with so much regret. I knew that the hospital would call with the results. My mother betrayed me. She called back and pretended to be me. That's how she found out. A week later, we were in the abortion clinic. I cried so hard, and she just didn't care. As of today,…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 16
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: August 8, 2016
"I'm not sure how to begin telling my story. It's odd that I find myself on this site. I was always careful and was proud that I had defied all the statistics that were supposed to be against me. I went through my teens and 20s without a single pregnancy scare. Last year my longterm boyfriend and I broke up, and I began seeing someone else. One thing led to another, and I became pregnant. I was…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 32
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: December 22, 2015
"When I was 16 years old, I had an abortion. I was dating an 18-year-old boy for almost two years, and then he left me for a few months and talked to another girl. I was heartbroken and still believed him every time he came back that things would be better. I was so stressed, missing so much school, and just figured my period was late. I realized eventually I was nine weeks pregnant. When I told…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 17
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: June 4, 2015
"I’m 17 years old and a senior in high school. When I first found out I was pregnant, I was scared but soon became excited to be a mom. But the father freaked out. I was with him for about a year. He was my first. I wasn't expecting to hear the things he said to me, like “I hope you and the baby die,” and he wasn’t going to help or be apart of the child's life. I knew I…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 17
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: February 25, 2015
"For the second night in a row, I lay here crying about how my beautiful baby is going to be killed by a vacuum. My girlfriend is going on 18, and I am 19. We wanted to have kids eventually—just not this soon. But once I found out she was pregnant, I got so happy because I felt that I now had the chance to be the father for my child that my father never was for me. We didn't tell her mom…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 19
Location: Manheim, PA
Date: August 25, 2014
"I am 61-years-old, and I have been living with the crime of murder for 35 years. The shame and regret never leaves me. In the year 1979, I thought I had so many good reasons for having an abortion. I was getting a divorce from the father of the two children I already had. I had fallen in love with another man as my marriage fell apart, and I wasn't positive who the father was. My new boyfriend…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 61
Location: Ephrata, PA
Date: July 17, 2014
"I am a post-abortive woman of over 30 years. I have had 3 abortions. The men I was with coerced me into having abortions because they didn't want any children. My first two abortions were done between 6-8 weeks. My third abortion was done at 4 months. When I was dropped off at the Planned Parenthood, I walked into that clinic alone and petrified. I was escorted into a back room—behind closed…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 58
Location: Norristown, PA
Date: January 10, 2014
"After being a week and a half late for my period, suspicion came about. I told the guy who I have been "fooling around with.” He immediately went and bought a pregnancy test. After eagerly waiting eight hours to take the test (because I had been working). I rushed over to his house to take it. I waited for my urine to clear the screen… My heart sunk. I immediately felt confused. It…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 21
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: December 22, 2013
"There were many reasons why I did it, but most of them seem trivial now—compared to the anger and grief and regret that I feel now. All of those reasons are so hauntingly trivial. Abortion was wrong for me, and I knew it before it was done. But nobody could make me feel that, as I was in the midst of a crisis… The (abortion) clinic was an hour away, and when we met at 8:00am it was…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 30
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: February 11, 2013
"I had an abortion in June of this year, and every day I live with more and more regret as the time nears for my projected due date. I would've been eight months if I wasn't a coward. The father of the baby was supportive and wanted the baby, as did I. Rewind to a few months before I got pregnant; I was laid-off and had no money to support this child. I made over five appointments and cancelled…"
Click here to read this story in its entirety.
Age: 29
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: November 9, 2011
