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Today’s episode will feature women from the Motherhood Meets Medicine community that have experienced abortions. Each and every one of these stories is unique and I encourage everyone listening to try to place yourself into the shoes of these women. I think that some of these stories may surprise you and perhaps be different than what you typically think about when you hear the word abortion.

I hope that this episode does a few things for those of you who are listening. I hope that it makes others who may have had an abortion, or who may be in the process of making that decision, feel less alone. 

I hope that it will open eyes and ears to those that may disagree with abortion, and help them to understand why someone else may make this decision. Most of all I want everyone to understand that this difficult decision is their decision only. 

The women who made this choice to talk with me about their experiences are extremely brave and courageous women. They are stepping up to share their stories in hopes that it helps others, and to continue the conversation about why allowing women to choose is so important. 

If you contributed to this episode, I want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy life to share your stories with us. 

In this episode you will hear:

• Unique stories of why women have had abortions, and how they came to make that decision
• Explanations of different types of abortions
• What these women would like to say to other women who are deciding whether or not to get an abortion
• The response to the question, “What would you want to say to someone that is against abortion and against the right to choose?”

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Quotes:

1. We live in a country that was founded on the idea of separation of church and state, so how can you possibly justify being anti-choice?
2. Perhaps we can try to think of the word abortion in a different light. It’s not always to end a life, sometimes it’s to save a life…the mother’s.
3. There is no law that can morally predict, control, or punish the infinite number of things that can happen when a person is pregnant.
4. We weren’t even able to mourn our eventual loss. We weren’t able to mourn the experience of being pregnant anymore, because we had to go into planning mode. And there’s going to be countless women who have to do that. Regardless of their situation, they’re going to have to look into other states and look into flights they can’t afford and gas prices they can’t afford. So that breaks my heart that you can’t even mourn what you’re losing. 
5. It was the most horrific experience of my entire life. But nonetheless, that’s the decision that I made. My concern with everything that’s going on is that it was my decision to make. That was MY body. I wouldn’t want anybody else to have the control to tell me what I needed, or not do, in that situation.
6.  I made the decision to terminate my pregnancy. It was a hard decision. I didn’t reach out to anyone in my family, because I knew there was a stigma to it and I didn’t want anybody to judge me for it, or look at me differently, because of the decision, the hard decision that I was making for myself and for my family. 
7. Raising children is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. How could we ever consider making somebody go through with it who didn’t want to? That’s insane.