# @shoutyourabortion on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNVtcUiRPAH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34012953-shoutyourabortion-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-14T14:43:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shout Your Abortion (@shoutyourabortion) — https://gondola.cc/shoutyourabortion

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“…I found out I was pregnant at six weeks. The clinic required the procedure to happen between six and twelve. That gave me six weeks to make the appointment, get the referrals, navigate the system, and complete everything before time ran out. Every second felt like sand slipping through an hourglass I couldn’t turn over.

I woke up each morning hoping I would miscarry. In Alberta, in 2003, to get an abortion, you needed bloodwork and an ultrasound requisitioned by a doctor—and you had to tell them why, so the results could be sent to the clinic. The first doctor said no. So did the second. And the third. All three cited their religious beliefs. One looked at me like I’d asked her to commit a crime.

…When the clinic finally called with a confirmed appointment, I was exhausted, worn down by waiting, by gatekeepers, by secrecy—and by the miscarriage that never came. The staff were kind. Professional. Non-judgmental. They made it feel… normal. Like I was just another person making an ordinary medical decision. They gave me another internal ultrasound—same tilted uterus—but this time, it didn’t feel like punishment. It felt like care. They reviewed my options again, gently, without assumption. They treated me like a human being. Just a woman making a choice.

In my twenties, other women—and other pregnant people—began coming to me. I became the person I had needed at seventeen: The driver. The scheduler. The one who knew which clinic to call, what to expect, and where to go for breakfast after. I was seventeen when I had my first abortion. If you’re here looking for guilt, regret, a ‘why,’ or a villain—you won’t find it. I didn’t feel bad then. I don’t feel bad now. And I won’t waste a single second justifying it.

This isn’t an apology. It’s a record.” 💜 #ShoutYourAbortion

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