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Stories from New Jersey

• ...the medical process was painful... the first night from 10pm to 6am I was in the bathroom every five minutes...
• He told me I would be responsible for screwing up his life and that he would kill himself if I had the baby.
• It was a huge thing for me to realize that grief doesn't equal regret.
• I want a baby, just not now.
• I passed my pregnancy alone in my childhood bedroom--
• He was like, I am not going to be a father. I am not going to help you. I am not going to give you money.
• I started have panic attacks, believing that somehow everyone I met knew what I had done.
• Yes, it sucked. I wish it didn’t have to happen, but it did and I learned about myself during the process.
• I am 17 years old and I have had two abortions.