The only women I know who regret their abortion(s) are women who were forced by parents (back alley 60’s situation) or pressured/forced by a lover to terminate.

No, you’re one who expect women to agonize about terminating a pregnancy. So, it’s OK, but only if you feel bad enough about it, agonize over it and only if it’s a “last resort”. For many women, no, it’s not a hard decision. For you, it’s a last resort because after taking a look at her life a woman realizes she’s not…

If the anti-choice trolls want fewer abortions then perhaps they should try supporting sex education and birth control, both of which are proven to reduce unwanted pregnancies. Especially in teenagers.

Every woman I know who was pressured to have an abortion (whether she did or not) was pressured by someone who was “pro-life.” I wonder how common that is.

Thank you for sharing this. I went to a school that was very much if-you-have-an-abortion-your-uterus-will-fall-out-and-you-will-hate-yourself. They used to wave around that so-and-so percent of women regret their abortion and I’ll never forget thinking that regretting a situation and wishing you could change it were…

I had a meniscus repair on my right knee 14 years ago that did horrible things to my gait and the alignment of my leg. I regret that surgery. I ended up with an ugly bunion on my right foot and ended up having to have knee replacement surgery anyway. I still have the ugly ass bunion.

Back when the Texas legislature was debating their 2013 TRAP bill, there was a live feed of people testifying before or against the bill. I watched for a few hours, and every single woman testifying in favor of it mentioned being forced to have an abortion. Women that had had abortions testified on both sides, but all…

I don’t regret mine at all. I even went on to marry the guy and have a baby with him a dozen years later. If I’d been forced to carry to term then, I’d be a single mother living in poverty and it would not be pretty.

All of my regret was linked to getting into the situation in the first place. I told myself I was smarter than that, I should have known better. The only remorse I ever felt was for myself. But then that made me feel guilty and selfish. I am older now, and I embrace my selfishness. No one else is going to do whats…

This is such a great way to put it. I got pregnant with a guy during a one-night stand. I was 25, barely making ends meet, and facing the prospect of raising a baby in a one-bedroom apartment that I shared with my rambunctious pitbull. Not a great environment.

You should regret none of it. You are a better person for all of it, if you ask me. It’s a tough lesson to learn, that you deserve better, but you learned it. Much love to you from Ohio.

I see where you’re going with that, but, at the same time, there are actually quite a few medical procedures (some prostrate cancer treatments, some heart disease treatments, any procedure that results in infertility, etc.) which are associated with fairly significant levels of treatment regret. Abortion just isn’t…

Recently my mom, over the span of two dinners told me some facts I had absolutely no idea about and never could have guessed. First, that her mother (in Texas in the 50s) had been forced by her parents to have a “back alley” pregnancy termination that nearly killed her and she regretted forever. Second, that she had…

mine told me if I ever left him he would find me and take a razor blade to my face, cutting me a new Heath Ledger sized smile (this was long before the movie but its a great reference). Then he laughed and said he was joking. He also said if I tried to leave his place he would set his dogs on me. Yeah, so I told that…

Overwhelming Majority of Patients Don’t Regret Their (fill in medical procedure)

I seem to remember something about how, sometimes, women talking about regretting their abortion weren’t actually regretting their abortion, per say. Rather, they were regretting the larger situation that surrounded them: having to make that decision when they so desperately wanted children (just not yet), the…

I don’t regret mine. Especially since I ended my relationship with my ex and finally realized how abusive and controlling he was (told me he’d never marry me until I was less than 130 pounds. He monitored everything I ate and the 80 lbs I lost in the span of a few months still wasn’t enough for him). I don’t regret…

“You know what, I really regret that abortion I had when I was a single, 23-year-old in the middle of my doctorate degree,” said no-one ever.