I have access to reproductive health care, but I can’t imagine what my life would be like if I had not had access to great doctors, affordable prenatal care, or access to contraception. I guess people are pretty fertile in my family, and when my husband and I decided to be parents 23 years ago, I gave birth to a son nine months later. I didn’t go back on the pill after his birth, thinking I was okay without it and had a child a year later. By then we were still in our twenties and felt that two children was really all we could afford. But somehow, even with a contraceptive, I became pregnant again five months later. At this point I was worried about my health (three babies in two years), the health of the baby to come, and frankly we could not afford another child, either economically or emotionally. I had an abortion and also had an IUD inserted. I went on to have another child a few years later. My children are all well-adjusted human beings who were given opportunities they would not have received had we had a third child in such a short amount of time. I never had to worry about my health nor access to care; I had to make a difficult decision which was mine to make for the good of my family. I am troubled by the thought that my children will not have the access I enjoyed. Removing reproductive health policies that are in place puts many lives in jeopardy and achieve nothing more than pain and misery.