Stories
People have abortions later in pregnancy for many different reasons. By sharing our own abortion later in pregnancy stories, together we can end the stigma around abortion — whenever someone needs it.
When these women needed abortion care, they turned to Colorado
Nearby states have enacted abortion restrictions. But Colorado is still a ‘safe haven.’...
Texas college student travels over 400 miles to Mississippi abortion clinic: Part 1
After the new Texas law effectively banned abortions as early as six weeks, Madi traveled across state lines to Mississippi to get an abortion at the only clinic offering the procedure in the state....
I Had to Leave My Home State to Get an Abortion, and I’m Concerned For Other Young People Like Me
I was 16 years old the day I found out I was pregnant, peeing on a stick in my best friend’s bathroom while she and her older sister waited anxiously outside the door. We huddled together, stari...
A Voice for Choice
It’s Time for Women to Reclaim the Narrative Around Abortions Later in Pregnancy...
Why I Traveled to Colorado for an Abortion During COVID-19
My name is Claire* and I traveled to Colorado for my abortion. This is my story and why I’m asking Coloradans to vote NO on Proposition 115. ...
Forget Kanye’s Comments, This Is My Personal Later Abortion Story
Abortion is health care, and we all should have access to medically accurate information about abortion....
How crisis pregnancy centers are pushing women to have abortions later
Anti-abortion ‘centers’ are designed to spread misinformation and stop women from getting the care they need....
What It Was Like to Get a Later Abortion
Anti-abortion advocates have been misleading the public. Beth Vial sets the record straight....
I Thought Abortion Restrictions Were a Reasonable Compromise — Until I Needed One at 32 Weeks
Erika Christensen shares her story, in her own words, of traveling from her home state of New York to Colorado and back again to terminate the wanted pregnancy in order to safeguard her health and pre...
We Are Later Abortion Patients
In 2019, legislation regulating abortion in New York and the fervor around a similar proposed bill in Virginia ignited a national conversation around later abortion. The president included the issue i...