My Abortion Story

Destiny
I honestly would never wish what happened to me on anyone. Honestly I myself do not agree with abortions but I also agree that every woman should have a right to their own body. When I was 14 I was raped by my uncle. After my birthday in February I threw up for a week straight and my mom thought I was severely sick. My sister stole pregnancy test for me at the Walgreens around the corner from our house. When we found out I was pregnant she was quick to tell me to tell our mom. When I told my mom she flipped she instantly assumed it was my boyfriends baby and rushed me to his house. She made him call his parents on the phone and tell them in front of her. After that she told him he would never see me or the baby again and drove me home. I wanted to tell my mom it couldn't possibly be his because I was a virgin and my uncle raped me but my mom wouldn't listen. She told me I was a whore and that she couldn't wait to get rid of me. The next day she pulled me out of school to take me to a shelter for teen mothers. She told me I had only two choices to either get an abortion or live at the shelter. Me not believing in abortions I told her if I have to live here then I will. She was angry and drove me to planned parenthood. She told the doctors she wanted to keep my abortion as quiet as possible. She scheduled me an abortion for the next day. I begged her for hours not to make me do it but her only reply was it's not your body till your 18 I can do what I want. The next day she gave me a Valium before I went and the doctors gave me an IV. I ended up getting really nauseous and throwing up in the bathroom a lot. I cried when it was my turn. When I was on the table I just sat quiet I didn't want to talk to anyone. I couldn't help but cry I tried so hard to not scream from the pain and when they were done I was stupid enough to look up at the wrong time and see the baby. I'm now 20 and I see can think about this day like it just happened to last night. Any woman that's going through a hard decision as to what to do or has regretted ever doing it, sometimes things happen in our lives that we aren't ready for and at that age I didn't know any better when it happened I should've told my mom and that's my fault for not. My outcomes probably would have been different. It's a day I can never forget and I'm hoping one day the thought one bring me to tears.