# @shoutyourabortion on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CF-C9k-JWZ9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34221299-shoutyourabortion-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/733d55b185.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-10-05T17:01:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shout Your Abortion (@shoutyourabortion) — https://gondola.cc/shoutyourabortion

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“…My brain spun out of control. I couldn’t stop staring at the phone. It’s 8 AM, my boyfriend just left the day before to go back to work in Michigan. I was all alone. I had to go to work. I had a class that night. I began to sob and sob. Sobbing that would last all day and well into the weeks to come.

…I walked into the doctor’s office, alone with bloodshot eyes, fearing the worst. The stranger sonographer invited me to the room as I undressed from the waist down — feeling more vulnerable by the second. She proceeded to tell me that I was indeed pregnant, but not with one, with two. I had twins! And what about the IUD? It was in my cervix. 1 in 1,000 IUDs fail and mine was one of them. 

…It was all surreal and happening too fast to even process any of it. But I knew one fact for sure — I was making the right choice. Period. I’ve tried to explain it, but there is no need. I made the right choice. And one year later, I still know it was the right choice. I’ve shared my story with those closest to me; each time, terrified by the response. As the months have passed, my inner desire to fight for what’s right, to use my story for good, and to normalize abortion has multiplied.

…Let’s make the world safe for all to menstruate to have access to reproductive autonomy. Let’s make it normal to talk about abortion, a safe and effective procedure. And let’s establish universal healthcare, so people don’t have to go without health insurance as I did. As Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, ‘Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.’ I am ready to fight, no matter what it takes, and sharing my story is the first step in that journey.”

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