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"For the last eight years, I have had an on-and-off relationship with the man I fell pregnant by. This time around, I was 21; he was 23. Our relationship was toxic, and we weren’t really talking when I found out. We were in the process of breaking up. On December 9, 2018, I found out I was pregnant. I was literally a semester away from graduating and my plans were to move away after I graduated.…"

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Age: 23
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Date: May 19, 2019

"My story began 22 years ago when I was a teenager. The person I was with then was the only person I had ever had sex with. I got pregnant within the first month. He was that "bad boy" type which, for some reason, I liked. My periods were not regular so I thought nothing about skipping one month’s period. When the next month came around, I still hadn’t started my period. My grandmother was…"

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Age: 42
Location: Altavista, VA
Date: June 20, 2018

"I have had two abortions. My first was about 11 years ago. I had started dating an old friend after a break up with my then 2-year old's father; it was a rebound relationship. We weren't together long when I became pregnant. He was a sweet guy, but after I found out I was pregnant, I decided that he wasn't who I wanted to be with. I had already had two children by two different men, and the youngest…"

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Age: 34
Location: Virginia
Date: May 10, 2017

"I was 25 and a single mom to a 2-year-old daughter. I had reconnected with my very first boyfriend from my freshman year of high school. Old feelings resurfaced, and I ended up pregnant. I did not realize I had missed my period because I was always so focused on my daughter that it did not come into my mind. I was scheduling visitation for my daughter with her father and noticed I was 6-weeks…"

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Age: 29
Location: Woodbridge, Virginia
Date: March 22, 2017

"It's been six years since I lost my would-be first born. I had just starting dating my would-be husband then, and we were in a bad spot in the relationship. We also feared judgment from family about having a baby out of wedlock. I was about six weeks along when we went through with the abortion. Afterwards, I tried to push the pain and grief aside so I could cope. Now we are pregnant and all…"

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Age: 31
Location: Virginia
Date: February 12, 2016

"Twenty-two years ago I had just graduated from college. No career yet, and no money. My pretty blonde girlfriend got pregnant. I reacted like a cornered animal. "It's just a blob of tissue; we'll abort," I told her. She resisted. She talked about giving the baby up for adoption. Neither of us were ready to be parents. I was adamant. "You will abort," I told her. "That's all there is to it." She…"

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Age: 45
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Date: July 15, 2015

"I am 24 years old, and I already have two children—ages 1 year and 4 months. I decided abortion would be right for me not only financially but also physically... After my son was born, I was ruled high risk. Before my son came home, after spending 98 days in the NICU, I was already pregnant again... It was a long and hard process to keep baby #2 full term... I finally delivered at 38 weeks,…"

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Age: 24
Location: Virginia Beach, Va
Date: April 9, 2015

"Having spent all my life in and out the hospital, I never thought it was possible for me to get pregnant. But after having a surprise missed period, I took a test and it was positive. I was in total shock and thought to myself that I wouldn't be able to keep my baby. I was fresh out of college with my masters but had fallen on hard times—having to move out my condo by the following week…"

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Age: 22
Location: Virginia
Date: January 9, 2014

"I have two children who are 8 & 17. I've also had three abortions. Although I believe it's a personal choice to make for a woman, I don't think enough is explained about the emotional/mental issues that can occur after an abortion, especially in a woman who was not or still is not confident that abortion was the right thing to do but ended up having one. Having the child and raising it isn't…"

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Age: 38
Location: Virginia
Date: March 6, 2013

"I am a 53-year-old woman who allowed her daughter to have an abortion at 16 weeks. My daughter was a bit of a "wild child" and as I look back, my husband and I allowed her a little too much freedom. She was secretly seeing a boy we did not approve of nor like. One night my husband and I went to dinner leaving her alone. She called my aunt because she was sick to her stomach. Didn't think much…"

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Age: 53
Location: Norfolk, VA
Date: January 11, 2013

"I'm 18. I had my first son at only 15 (Now 3 years old); my second son in June of this year (Now 4 1/2 months old). I graduated high school early and have plans to go to college. I'm in a relationship with my first son's father. He has a 1 1/2 year old from another relationship. Together, we have 3 children. My youngest son's father is in jail and will be for a very long time. I found out I was…"

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Age: 18
Location: Virginia
Date: November 3, 2011

"Things were finally going great in my career, until I found myself feeling sick often: nausea and sleeplessness... Here I am with this great life, in a new big city and now pregnant, not married and about to have a child. At 31, I feel as though I am not a young girl anymore and should have been able to go through with it. Yet my boyfriend was immature and made me feel as though all the weight…"

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Age: 31
Location: Woodbridge, VA
Date: October 29, 2011

"I am guilty of taking part in 2 abortions. The first one was when I was just twenty. I was dating a girl who was seeing someone else, and I didn't want to take a chance that the baby wouldn't be mine. I ended up marrying her, having a daughter and a couple of years later, divorcing. The second was when I was about twenty-nine. I slept with a friend (while drunk) and a pregnancy resulted. I told…"

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Age: 37
Location: Richmond, VA
Date: October 17, 2011