# @shoutyourabortion on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNYiglepODJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34012948-shoutyourabortion-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-15T17:06:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shout Your Abortion (@shoutyourabortion) — https://gondola.cc/shoutyourabortion

## Caption

“When I was offered the test for T21, I naively said to the midwife, ‘sure I will take all the tests to be informed, but I would never end my pregnancy’.

My baby boy turned out to have T21 and I did end my pregnancy.

I was one of those people who thought I was pro choice but silently reserved a bit of judgement because ‘they might do that but I never would’. It was nice to be able to sit on my high horse and not know how painful it is to actually have to make that choice and end a pregnancy when the baby was so very wanted.

A counsellor told me that she viewed parents who ended pregnancies for medical reasons as valid as those who decided to continue. Both parents were making a decision as to what they thought was best for their child. For me I only understood that when I had to make the choice. When I understood that proceeding with having him, if he made it to term, was a gamble. A gamble with his quality of life, his medical need, his cognitive and communicative function. A gamble for my child who is alive, for my marriage and for my own mental health.” 🧡 #ShoutYourAbortion

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