Abortion Stories

Abortion stories, just as any other story told from retrospect will be influenced by the storyteller's current point of view. Abortions are potentially traumatic. After an abortion, a woman is expected to experience a spectrum of emotions that may include grief, guilt, relief, sadness or stress and her hormones will be normalizing a few weeks after the abortion process. It's important that if someone is taking advice from someone based on her own abortion story, that she should take the advice with a grain of salt. Similarly, it's not uncommon for people to exaggerate in an effort to impose their moral ideologies on abortion.

Abortion stories should be listened to, however, every woman will react differently to her circumstances. In the end, the only person a woman can trust to make the right decision is herself.

Reading the stories of other women who have had abortions can be comforting or disturbing, and sharing your own can be cathartic. Many women do end up talking to counselors before and after an abortion. Having a supportive friend to help you cope with the emotional challenges of an abortion is paramount to getting past the bad feelings and moving on with your life in a healthy way.

Hospitals and clinics will be able to answer your questions about risks related to the type of abortion you are having. Risks may include damaging the uterus during surgery, a few weeks of uncomfortable symptoms following a medicinal abortion or emotional distress.