I was twenty-two years old. I was living in Vancouver away from family and friends. I got pregnant from a friend of mine, during a brief affair, he was married and I was not ready for a child. I had the abortion at the Morgantaler clinic in Winnipeg, Manitoba. My family lives in Winnipeg and...
We need to fight the notion that abortion is something shameful, something that we must hide and feel guilty about. It was also fortunate that I discovered my pregnancy early. If it had been much later, 3 weeks may have been too late to have it done in my province. I have to admit that...
When i got pregnant i was 19 years old. I was partying every weekend, drinking way to much and doing drugs. I did not have a boyfriend at the time and was casually sleeping with a few different people at various points of the year. I’m not 100% sure if i got pregnant when i...
I would like to have my photo taken because as a young, indo-caribbean woman, I am a less common face of wimmin who have/access abortions, in my community. While there are in fact, many Brown wimmin who have them, this may not be seen in my own or in white communities. As a woman who...
Quiero mujeres, muchachas y ninas sepan que hay gente real y diariamente pasan por estas necesidades y duras deciciones no estamos solo en este mundo creo que por nada, siempre hay alguien que te entiende y te puede ayudar a decidir y pensar que es lo mejor para ti. Yo tenia 22 anos en la...
