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.
I wish I would have understood more, sooner.
It was such an eerie feeling to now be in those shoes as a pregnant woman.
I need you to get to Salt Lake as soon as possible
The doctor comes in and just has this... blank stare on his face, “We need to have a pretty difficult conversation.”
No option that led to a healthy baby
This feels like a really scary time to be pregnant in Idaho.
Overturned, Episode 2
“I NEED you to get to Salt Lake as soon as possible”
When this family faced a heartbreaking pregnancy complication, they expected compassionate care close to home. Instead, Idaho’s restrictive abortion laws forced them to travel out of state for medically necessary abortion care, turning an already devastating experience into an unimaginable trauma.
A little medical issue
I just said “oh I had a little medical issue" and had to go to Washington.”
Committing a crime
They diagnosed my Buddy with acrania: the brain essentially disintegrates in the amniotic fluid.
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.
What are men scared of?
The job was botched. She bled to death in three, maybe four days. She was thirty-three years old.
D.H.’s Story
‘Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?’ he tells me, clearly saying that nice girls don't get into this kind of trouble.
B.L.’s Story
The doctors leaving the area is about so much more than just abortions, or anything related to them. Women's healthcare can save lives.
N.G.’s Story
I needed intervention, and trusted my OBGYN when she helped me in this very vulnerable and grief-stricken time in my life.
L.G.’s Story
I wasn’t pregnant, nor asking for an abortion, yet because of the very restrictive laws in Idaho, I have no gynecologist.
Overturned, Episode 1
“What state IS willing to help me?”
When Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022 and Idaho's total ban on abortion went into effect, our state suddenly became a dangerous place to be pregnant. About 8 percent of pregnancies result in dire complications and sometimes the necessary treatment involves an abortion to prevent further suffering or worsening of a condition.
Physician Stories
