🌸 thank you ❤️sarahwisesings for sharing this story & allowing us to re-post: ・・・ yesterday marked five years since I had my abortion. I was late term and it was a very, very difficult decision. I don't apologize for my abortion. I don't regret that I had an abortion. I don't hide that I had an abortion. I do hurt. I do grieve. I do tell my story. I share it out loud. I share it in public. I share it without shame. I am unwilling to promote the stigma that surrounds abortion by staying silent about mine. nearly 1 in 4 women will have an abortion before they turn 45 and conversation is vital. connection is vital. compassion is vital. and with states using covid-19 as an excuse to further restrict access to legal, safe abortion, I can say now more than ever, choice is vital. with immeasurable gratitude to those who held my hand and heart then, to those who hold my hand and heart now, to my healthcare providers and to my friend raina, who captured this moment in the winter of 2015 with s...