“…I cried a lot. Not because I regretted it, but I cried because the relief I felt after my abortion was just so intense. The panic that had taken my breath away before was gone, I could breath deeply again now. But I learned something about myself that day. I learned that I don’t just not want children because I’m not ready for them, but because I don’t want children at all. I asked to have an IUD that day so I would never have to go through that again. Now I have that IUD. I do not regret that second abortion, but it took a long time for me to work though the emotions I was feeling surrounding the situation. I look back on it now and realize how fortunate I am to have had the ability to make those decisions for myself. If I did not have that choice, I would be in a different situation now, and one that I now know is not a situation I ever want for myself. I see friends around me make the decision to have children. But I have stayed mostly quiet about my decision to not have them. M...