Share your story
Join the Pro-Voice chorus: add your voice via the submission form below. Dare not just to listen, but to be heard.
Put voice to your story of reproductive choice.
We will put your story to work to advocate for greater reproductive care access and autonomy for all.
Your story helps break the stigma
The Pro-Voice Project seeks to be a living document, evolving with the courage and needs of the people whom it serves: those who are pregnant, their partners, their families, their physicians. With every story, our understanding is expanded. Help make Pro-Voice more expansive. Help make it more true. And help listeners to understand that there are too many stories — full of reasons, hopes and heartbreak — to encompass with laws.
Help us to break the bonds of shame that relegate us to spaces invisible and silent. Let your experience be seen and heard. Whatever your decision —— and whatever the circumstances that led to it —— your story is valid and necessary and powerful.
Submissions remain anonymous when performed or published, and your story will be treated with dignity.
The worst part was going home and knowing I had to walk around with my pants not fitting and tell my kids and friends and family what was going on. Because abortion has always been a dirty word. And after the fall of Roe v Wade, it was also a dangerous word. My partner was afraid someone would try to hurt me if we told people.
—Dangerous WordHow your story will be used
By submitting your story on this form, you consent to having your story shared publicly (and anonymously). This may include posting your story, in whole or in part, on social media channels or the website, or sharing your story in other contexts, such as stage productions. If you'd ever like to remove your story from the library, please contact us.
Your story can and will make a difference. PVP seeks to highlight a broad range of stories and perspectives to show lawmakers, the media, and the public just what we're fighting for. And we’re not just fighting for abortion access (though that’s a large part of it). We’re fighting for access to basic healthcare for half the population. Idaho’s anti-choice laws are dismantling that access.
If you can, keep your story to 800 words or less (though that’s not a hard limit). Be aware of any identifying information you might include, and make sure you’re comfortable with what you’ve shared.
I’m sad for those two young lovers, but I’m not sad for the abortion she chose to have. Nor am I joyful. I’m just ... grateful. I’m grateful that there wasn’t an unwanted child forced to be raised by two unprepared people who were still building their lives. I’m grateful that the only lasting outcome of our reckless passion was two broken hearts that could hopefully heal and move on.
—J.H.'s StoryTopics that your personal story might cover could include:
Abortion
Birth Control
Sex Education
Pregnancy
Accessing Reproductive Healthcare
Miscarriage
Infertility
Parenthood
Sexual or Domestic Violence
and much more.
Thank you for joining the chorus. Thank you for being Pro-Voice.
I had little guilt because I knew I had done what was best for my psychological and physiological health. In fact I would say it was almost a spiritual experience because I was honoring myself.
—L.A.’s Story