LBTW, 53 years old Chicago, Illinois
It is not easy to publicly divulge my personal history, but as I promised here goes.
Ripe bodies often harvest the seeds of unripe minds, creating unfinished goals and uncompromising conditions. Consequences that result from the unspoken wisdom of those who have it, and those who need it, most young persons learn of their most valued asset in the back seat of a vehicle. Nature will not be withheld or cheated thus unwanted pregnancies do exist.
Being financially stressed and a recently divorced single parent with two children abortion was my solution to gaining control of a disintegrating life style. Finances become an issue when as the custodial parent you cannot supply some of the necessities, and some of the nice things that all children deserve.
If abortion had been removed from the equation that allowed me to financially and emotionally recoup, then the two children that already existed would have been cheated out of a healthy future. Instead of being the good parent I believe I developed into, I would have fallen below the mark and disapproved of myself and shortchanged the future of two wonderful women.