...to think if abortion was illegal I may be dead

[Woman1980]

I've name changed as I still feel a lot of shame on this issue. Just listened to the discussion of abortion on Woman's Hour.

I was with my exH from the age of 14, got pregnant at 15 and (very much against my will) was coerced into an abortion by my parents. I had a Very much wanted DC at 17. When DC was 14 months I found I was pregnant again; exH & I had planned a sibling for DC. Some weeks later exH changed his mind; I went to the scan on my own, baby was 13.5 weeks and I went home to tell exH that I was going ahead with pg it was too late for a surgical abortion. Eventually he convinced me that he would leave me and I would ruin dc's life and I rang family planning clinic at 16 weeks distraught to arrange termination. I went alone and was left alone until the baby was out. I desperately wanted to see the baby and know the sex, but kept silent to keep up the pretence. I completely blocked it for a few years, but as dc got older I walked my missing child to school with dc everyday too ifykwim.
Both times it was clear (I'm pretty sure) that it was not my choice. However, I still totally support the right to abortion and think that perhaps I may have been forced into an unsafe abortion if the law was different. I just feel that the "pro life" movement is nothing of the sort and I cannot begin to understand it.
Does anyone else have similar experiences?

As early as possible and as late as necessary.
Politicians sanctimoniously restricting safe legal abortion and those anti choicers who picket the women using clinics are despicable. It gives me the utter rage.
Sorry you went through all that OP.

Also agree that those bastards give no fucks about the children that are born (and the women that are injured or will die) when they succeed in restricting access to abortion. It's VAWG on a massive scale.

Sorry, but whart is VAWG? Violence Against Women I guess but the G?

(Genuine question, no sarcasm).

Violence against women and girls, Andrew

Thank you Prompto.

I know this thread is a bit different to what I’m looking for but I’m 21 and 4 weeks pregnant. I found out last week so probably 5 by now. The guy that I’m pregnant for has a daughter and still lives with his child’s mother. Although he does say that they are no longer together. I’m really confused as to what to do because I’ve always said I personally could never abort and my heart tells me to love my child but my head tells me that this would be such a stupid thing to do, because I’m likely to end up a single mother. I’ve only been seeing him nearly 3months and he’s more on the abort side although he does say he will support any decision I make and that he loves me. I just feel really different about our relationship now. I’ve always wanted a child but I don’t know whether having his child is stupid or not.(my Family are very strict an I’m also in my 2nd year uni and aspiring to become a journalist) I know that no one can tell me what to do and that the decision is mine to make but I would really appreciate some advise or something please