Voices from people across the country
Our members are using their voices to advocate for reproductive freedom. People are impacted across the country because of limited access to birth control abortion; and no paid parental leave or protections from pregnancy discrimination. Click on a state to read those stories from people near you.
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Kristen F.
He is a blessing and I am thankful I had the right to choose when I would have children so that I could be a good mother to them.
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Maryland
Roz C.
I have never looked back. I went on to have a very successful 30-year career with the employer whose insurance covered my abortion.
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Arkansas
Cheryl L.
I am 52 now and have two teen kids, I am a USMC veteran, I have a master's degree, and I run a three million dollar NIH study at Notre Dame. Had I not been able to get an abortion at 16, where would I be at 52?
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Indiana
Maureen C.
I had always been pro-choice, but never would have thought I would get an abortion. This baby was wanted.
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Arizona
Gala P.
Between my ongoing illness, needing surgery, and the sudden reality of becoming a single parent, I had to make a difficult but ultimately necessary decision. I had an abortion.
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Kansas
Leila C.
I had a safe procedure. I went on to have two other children, a stable family life, was able to go back to school to obtain my BS in nursing and am now a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
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