My partner was in treatment for Stage III cancer when I became pregnant. I did not want a child and was in no position to carry and deliver one.

I scheduled a Saturday appointment for an abortion at Planned Parenthood and took the bus downtown to the clinic. I was asked by the clinician whether I wanted to see the sonogram and was permitted to decline. The physician who performed my abortion verbalized what she was doing as she did it. I am grateful every day for my abortion, my access to abortion, and for the support I received around my choice.