Christine's Story
"I can't have a baby now"

I was 13 years old when I had my first abortion. At the time I wanted to have the baby. Abortion was not something that I wanted to do. My mother and the boy who got me pregnant decided it was the best thing for me to do and convinced me to get an abortion. It was a hard decision to make but probably the best one.

My second abortion occurred when I was 16, again I didn't want the abortion but there was no way I could take care of the baby on my own. My third and final abortion was when I was 19, I was in an extremely abusive situation with no way out at the time. The best thing for the baby and myself was to terminate the pregnancy.

If your asking yourself if I used protection the answer is yes. Two of the pregnancies occurred while I was on the pill.

I am now 27 years old and all I want now is to have a baby. The only problem is, I can't have children now. Since I had the abortions I was diagnosed with a disease called " Endometriosis" There is no cure for it. Having this disease makes it nearly impossible to have children. The Doctors are not positive how this disease comes about, but abortions is one of their theories.

My advice to any one who is thinking about having an abortion, is to think again, long and hard, because we do reap what we sew, and this might be your only chance to have a baby. I'm not against abortion but not being able to have children has now made me regret my actions and has made me a very bitter woman.

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