Once I got pregnant I had to make a very difficult decision. I was already planning on leaving my boyfriend when I realized I was pregnant. Now I was faced with making a choice whether to keep my baby and continue to stay with an abusive boyfriend who most likely would abuse my child as well, to give the baby up for adoption, or to have an abortion. I had no one in my life I could count on for support. My mom died shortly after I was born and I left my father's house because he was a coke fiend. He was so hooked on drugs and so out of his mind he even tried pimping me out to one of his druggie friends for some drugs. I was not about to go back there especially while being pregnant.

The last thing I wanted was to have a baby go through abuse of any kind. I did not want my boyfriend to be a part of my life anymore because I knew he would never change and the abuse and cheating would continue. Being the control freak he was there was no way he would have agreed to putting the baby up for adoption.

I decided getting an abortion was the right decision for me. I called a local clinic and scheduled an appointment the following week. My mind was made up and I knew what I had to do. I felt like I had no other choice at the time and went through with the abortion. I moved out of my boyfriend's house and stayed with a friend for a while. He begged me to take him back and swore he would change but my mind was made up and I was finally done with him.

Over the years I have wondered how different my life would have turned out if I chose to keep the baby. I still feel I made the right decision all those years ago. I am currently married to a wonderful man who treats me right and we have three beautiful children together.

My husband knows all about my past and he has not judged me but instead he supports me and loves me for the person I came to be. My father has been in and out of rehab and is currently clean and sober for 6 years. He told me he quit drugs because he wanted to be part of my life and my kids lives, he visits us regularly. 

I have always felt abortion is a woman's choice. As long as it's not used as a method of birth control there should be no debates if a woman choses to have one.