I Regret My Abortion

“I’m 28 years old, and I had my abortion about 6 years ago. I think about it all the time. I always thought I’d move past it eventually, but it’s only gotten worse. I didn’t feel like I had a choice at the time. I was with a guy who I knew I wasn’t going to end up with. I wasn’t in love with him. I was with him because I was lonely, and vice versa. More importantly, I was still in college and I wasn’t ready to have a child.

“I cried so hard on the day when the abortion was scheduled that the clinic could not go through with the procedure until a week after the first appointment. If I had realized how much I would regret my decision, I wouldn’t have gone through with it. I think about whether it was a boy or girl, what he or she would have looked like, and whether or not he or she would have had my eyes. These questions tear me apart over and over again. Even though the baby doesn’t exist anymore, its brief existence in my womb changed my life forever. I wish I could go back in time and change my own mind. I would hold my newborn child in my arms and never let go.”

–Heather

HELP AFTER AN ABORTION

Rachel’s Vineyard – 24 hour
877-467-3463
rachelsvineyard.org

National Helpline for
Abortion Recovery – 24 hour
866-482-LIFE (5433)
nationalhelpline.org

Project Rachel
888-456-HOPE (4673)
hopeafterabortion.com