#youknowme
You know me. In the summer of 2012, I had an abortion. My story is pretty typical. When I got pregnant I was only 19 years old, living in my parent's basement, in an unhealthy relationship, and for a multitude of reasons I was feeling broken down by life. I was not ready for or wanting a child. My boyfriend and I weren't consistently using any form of birth control and I thought a combination of natural flow methods and using Plan B periodically was enough to avoid a pregnancy. I did this not for any legitimate ideological reasons but because I was honestly too scared to seek out any formal form of birth control for myself and my boyfriend complained when I asked him to use condoms. I realize now that this lack of support in my sexual health was not at all uncommon and is an issue that too often plagues the lives of young girls all over the world. I never took a pregnancy test. After a week and a half went by and my period still hadn’t come, I knew what this meant. I ...