Hello lovely people, I recently, about a month ago had an abortion. I'm newly 20 and in college, rocky terms with my guy so it was super not the right timing for me. I've always been pro-choice, though it was never a choice I thought I'd have to make, and sometimes I feel kind of weird about all of it. The only other person in my life who knows I had one is my guy, and I don't feel regret, but sometimes I feel kind of sad about it, because of where I am in my life, I didn't really have a choice, you know? I would've wished that I was like 30 and in a stable relationship with my guy, settled into my career and financially stable so then I could've actually HAD a choice. Additional note, my parents are both pro-choice for other people, but prolife for themselves because they think that's the Christian way, I'm not religious so that wasn't a factor for me, but I feel weird having had one and knowing that it was something that would've made them see me differently and probably negatively if they would've known (not to the level of disowning or anything though.) I don't know. It's a taboo topic, and no one talks about it. I had to pass by protesters telling me that I was "making a huge mistake," and that "I was carrying the gift of life inside of me" every time I walked to the clinic which wasn't fun. Thank you for reading my blurb, I really just kind of had to talk about it, and if you've also had one, I'd love to hear your story or something, because it was kind of a significant thing, definitely not a defining thing in my life but significant I'd say. It also affected me, because like I said, rocky terms with guy, I love guy, there is a whole thing with that and aborting our embryo felt a little like the death of our relationship but that's getting into some other shit. Thank you again for reading my thing, let me know if you have had similar experiences with abortion or other things, how you processed it, etc.

Stay healthy everyone!