I sat in my car and cried for about 20 minutes before calling a private clinic. I was lucky I had some savings to afford the procedure but it didn’t stop me feeling terrified walking in. Thankfully the nurses at the private clinic were so kind and made me feel like my choice was nothing but that, a choice. I think about my abortion often. But only in that way that I hope no one else has to feel the way I did before walking through the doors of that clinic. Every deserves a choice.
We had 1 incidence of unprotected sex and after much deliberation I decided to take Plan B which ended up not working.
Attending catholic school and having the nuns show us films that were abortion propaganda also reinforced the 'anti-abortion' view.
I had a relatively new relationship I liked and thought a child not wanted by both, would jeopardise a relationship I was happy in, for one as a single parent.
When I spoke to my GP, she was amazing, was completely non-judgemental, and offered a referral and support letter for access to an abortion, if I wanted one.
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