When I was in my twenties, I was in a brief relationship that resulted in a pregnancy. We had not had unprotected sex; this was a case of a diaphragm not doing its job (which statistically can happen). In any case, I had the pregnancy confirmed shortly after the end of the relationship, when the man involved had already left the state to pursue a new career.

It was not the right time in my life for a child, especially one I would need to rear by myself. Fortunately I lived in Hawaii at the time, a state where access to abortion had been established and defended from an early date. My termination of the pregnancy was swift and sure. I have never had any regrets about that decision and continued on to have a happy, healthy life. Had I had that child, I can’t say I would be happy in the same ways I am today. It would have drastically changed so many things.