i was a teenager when i met my first boyfriend. he was new in town, and was hoping on a fresh start from moving between family members since a child. i was unaware at the time, but he didn't have any role models nor parents.

i had just mustered up the strength to leave a really bad relationship via restraining order and found out i was pregnant. i had been with my ex for six years, but it wasn't until after we got married that he became verbally and physically abusive.

i was 17 in the autumn of 1993. i lived in the quintessential “small town usa,” and even though my parents knew i was (or had been) sexually active, they were very much against oral contraceptives.

after 5 years of taking birth control pills, i had an iud inserted when i was about 25 years old. i was very pleased with this choice and had no 世界杯赛程2022赛程表中国 with it until i became pregnant a year later.

i am a 37-year-old divorced mother of two young girls. i live in ireland, where abortion is illegal. several years ago i got pregnant unexpectedly by an emotionally abusive and manipulative boyfriend.

when i was 18 i went through a bit of a rough patch, and did not have access to my birth control. i ended up becoming pregnant for the first time.