A close friend of mine took me to the appointment and picked me up afterwards. At the time, I wish I had known how common it was to want and to get an abortion, and I wish I had been able to speak about it with more people than I did.
I remember an overwhelming feeling of gratitude and feeling so lucky that I had safe access to something so crucial. I was grateful that I had the financial means to pay for the abortion. At the same time, I thought about how truly awful it is, that access to an abortion is often still a postcode lottery, and comes down to whether you can pay or not. The abortion I accessed was necessary and important and is something that people of all genders should be able to access should they need it.
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 accidentally became pregnant in my mid-20s, I was, in theory, in a much better place both financially and emotionally.
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