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.
Saved from a much-diminished life
The abortion saved me. It saved me from a much-diminished life. And I think about that often.
No option that led to a healthy baby
This feels like a really scary time to be pregnant in Idaho.
Tumultuous Relationship
“I never regretted that decision. My boyfriend was incredibly insecure, jealous, controlling and abusive.”
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.
Himself
“It’s my body going through this, and yet my support is only concerned with himself. ”
Selfish
“When I hear people say abortion is selfish, it cuts deep.”
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.”
Parents
“You don’t remember me, but you helped me 30 years ago when there was no one else and no other place to go”
The truth hurts
“In a final, desperate attempt, I hurled myself over the back of a chair. I bled.”
Traveller
“I am so relieved that I was not forced to be tied to him for the rest of my life for the sake of a baby that neither of us really wanted.”
I put myself first
“Despite what others may feel about my decision, it was all mine.”
ABN’s Story
“She died after the procedure and her death certificate says that she died from ‘septicemia following after an abortion.’”
What are men scared of?
“The job was botched. She bled to death in three, maybe four days. She was thirty-three years old.”
L.A.’s Story
“I would say it was almost a spiritual experience because I was honoring myself. This is the kind of abortion experience I want for other women.”
P.R.’s Story
“I hemorrhaged and almost died in the emergency room I ultimately landed in - but they refused to do a D&C.”
B.C.’s Story
“I would not be the woman, mother, sister, daughter, friend, and citizen I am today had my rights been stripped of me years ago.”
A.B.’s Story
“I don't know if he ever told anyone, but I never did, except one boyfriend ten years later, who used it against me when we broke up a few months after we began. I never did that again. Not even my husband knows.”
A’s Story
“No one should have to have, or express, a ‘good enough’ reason to get an abortion.”
Physician Stories
