I Took Portraits Of 17 Women Who Had Abortions To Show It Has Many Faces And Many Reasons

I don’t mind helping people live

How about they got pregnant so they should sacrifice and do everything for their child and stop worrying about themselves!! No one seems to take responsibility for their own actions today and that is a big part of the problem with the number of abortions committed in this country every year, some women use it as birth control and some couples use it as a garbage disposal because they are not ready!!! Society needs to take a few steps back.

Well fetus's get a heartbeat at 6-8 weeks, they are LITERALLY ALIVE. People focus too much on how little the abortion hurt the baby, when the baby didn't even get a chance to LIVE

Exactly when elective abortion can be performed varies by state. It’s extremely rare at 27 weeks though regardless of the law though.

Foxy and Gemma, I couldn’t reply to your comments so my responses are as follows-there are adoptions that can be arranged before the child’s birth so that the infant doesn’t spend any time in foster homes. Here in the USA there are thousands of parents waiting to adopt children, particularly infants so nothing you had to say changes anything about my opinion. Gemma-you are a completely disgusting human being, who apparently thinks it is fine for a woman to murder her child because she doesn’t want the discomfort that may come from being pregnant. This is exactly why the original Roe vs Wade decision sited that abortion should be rare, not so the woman can avoid the TEMPORARY changes to her body and discomfort (that doesn’t even occur in most pregnancies) which is also TEMPORARY, the child is DEAD FOREVER!!!!

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There was always the choice of adoption!!

Exactly. It either is consensual or it is not. If it is not, it is rape. And if you use undue influence like extortion or blackmail ("I'll tell everyone we slept together anyway," "I'll break up with you," "I'll tell your parents you smoke weed," etc.), guess what a**hat? That is psychological violence and the sex is not consensual even if you changed that "no" to a "yes." Congrats, you are still a rapist.

Yes this is a rape, yet we don't know if it's Jenny's choice to use that phrasing. Not everyone can easily formulate the fact that she/he is a victime. Maybe they're just respecting the way she chose to deal with her trauma.

I think it depends on who used this phrasing. If it' the person who wrote the article then, this is problematic, because "not totally consensual" is an euphemism for "rape" and this should be written that way. Yet, if it's Jenny Egan that used this phrasing, it's perfectly legit. It's not that simple to recognise yourself as a victime, it sometimes easier deal with it by not naming it....

I think maybe there are sometimes grey areas. I'm referring only to my self, and my own past situation with this response. My first husband badgered me constantly for sex. We went from both enjoying sex in the beginning, to me slowly wanting it less and less over time. He had a really big penis, but didn't like me using lubricant, as that meant to him "I didn't really want him, or I wouldn't need it." So sex often hurt. He also ejaculated as he entered me EVERY TIME. He expected me to arouse him again so I could get any pleasure from it. So over time, I began to avoid it. His response was to hassle me, and then to sometimes just get on me and do it anyway. He never forced me physically, but I felt too guilty to stop him. Because of this, and many other reasons, I left him. I have been with my second husband for 18 years, and we have a great sex life. It's amazing, because I thought I hated sex. But I have never characterised my previous husband's behaviour as rape,

She probably means that sometimes it was consensual and sometimes it wasn't. Or he may have pressured her into having sex when she didn't want to.

I’m sorry, yes to sex and then a no afterwards is a no?? No way, sorry. A no during is one thing, but if you change your mind afterwards, too bad.

I agree Jenny is extremely strong. And I promise I'm not saying her mother was right by any means, because she wasn't, but I'm sure "The Brotherhood" didn't tell the mother or parents about the rape. Cute how "The Brotherhood" has such a woman friendly name, right? Not misogynistic at all. Jerks.

That’s why Planned Parenthood is so important, they provide support and guidance to women who can’t get it elsewhere.

She may have used it and gotten pregnant anyway.

Very sad :(

Here’s another problem ZERO contraception is 100% effective. Even the world health organisation states that if all women took contraception perfectly there would still be 6 million unwanted pregnancies.

Thank you. I turned 12 and had my 1st period in 1973. Having a choice was never a personal issue for me. I was 16 when I was date raped and became pregnant the summer before my senior year. By the time I "had" to acknowledge it was all real, the only abortion available by then was saline. After making myself well informed with the information I got from planned parenthood, I decided to continue with my pregnancy. The key here......I chose to have my son. He just turned 40 and retired a short while ago as a chief in the US Navy. He's a good man and I'm glad he's here. But, I got to decide that. I believe that helped me be a better mother and person. Nobody else was walking in my shoes during a life of a lot of struggle and such. I guarantee the pro-lifers never knocked on my door to offer a helping hand. In fact, our early years were under the Reagan times. No one has the right to judge such a decision that will affect your life and those you know and love forever.