Thread by @yeseniamg6

1/9 Abortions are personal medical decisions.
Like any other it may have been unwanted and a difficult decision to make or a relief or the answer to your prayers. It's on you.

I guess I'd like to talk about mine on #motherday2020
#DiaDeLaMadre
#PlannedParenthood
#AbortoLegal

2/9 I don't know if I want to be a mom...I always believed abortion is a choice and ppl should stay out of it. I always said if I got pregnant I'd get an abortion no problem. Now I'm 31 and last year I got Prego for the first time...and I was really hurt.

3/9 I didn't know if I wanted it or the responsibility. I can barely take care of myself. Thoughts and hormones and an overactive imagination all lumped in to make me feel major guilt. I started wondering what my belly would look like...I'm already fat. What kind of baby...

4/9 I would go back and forth in my head a guilt trip on repeat saying "you can't do this" "what if you never get a chance to get pregnant again?" My anxiety and depression made it impossible for me to think. The hormones didn't allow me to process new things...

5/9 you'd talk to me and I would forget what you said as you said it....like writing down things in invisible ink. I cried a lot. I yelled a lot. I screamed and fought with a lot of ppl because of the internal struggle. Folks tried to help me but ultimately it was my decision...

6/9 I hit up a friend who was an activist for @NARALNV and she took me to my scheduled appointment. She waited in the lobby for three hours while I went back and forth with two doctors about every little thing that was about to happen to me and how and why...

7/9 I didn't know there were so many options...I settled on the best for me...and when they walked me out to my friends car she stopped by a store and bought me pads of all sizes in case of bleeding and my prescription. She tucked me in and held my hand and when I woke up...

8/9 I was free. Y'all don't know the relief. I wouldn't be here if I hadn't taken that step and made that choice for myself. #keepabortionsafe #AbortionIsHealthcare

9/9
Abortions are personal medical decisions.
Abortions are personal medical decisions.
Abortions are personal medical decisions.
It's your body. It's your life.
Your choice.
#ProChoice
#AbortionIsARight