Abortion Stories Library
The healing is in the sharing. Both personally and politically.
Dare to bear witness. Dare to be heard. Add your voice to the chorus.
Overturned, Episode 1
“What state IS willing to help me?”
Three Idaho women share their stories of pregnancy, fatal fetal diagnoses, and medical care denied to them in their home state. In instances like these, abortion bans only perpetuate pain. Watch now
Overturned, Episode 2
"I NEED you to get to Salt Lake as soon as possible."
When Desi and Morgan faced a heartbreaking pregnancy complication, Idaho’s abortion laws forced them to travel out of state, turning an already devastating experience into an unimaginable trauma. Watch now
I was ashamed beyond relief
“SO much shame and disappointment that I carried with me. I wasn't the same woman. I was depressed, I didn't want to live, I felt ashamed, I felt reckless. I told my family what had happened to me and they were all supportive.”
A Boy Will Do Anything
“What sixteen year old girl has not punched herself hard in the stomach, doubled over to crush the unknown, flung herself belly down on a rail fence, considered what she could shove up inside herself, when a month later the blood will not come.”
Dangerous Word
“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.”