We bring a needed perspective to this debate. There is not a day that goes by that we do not think about our children and regret the decision. We as women are told to trust our doctors. Yet, those of us who had our abortions in a clinic never met or talked to the doctor until the time of the procedure. We were never given information about fetal development, we did not hear about adoption or parenting options.
Many women are ambivalent when they first discover that they are pregnant.
Often in an untimely pregnancy, denial is a part of the experience. We were alone, scared, emotionally distraught, and very vulnerable at the time of our abortions. We felt pressured to have an abortion. Yet, we were told that abortion would be a solution, not a source of grief as it was for us. We were not given time to consider this most personal and important decision of our lives.