The Abortion Diary

"I'm too young." Sara shares her story of choosing to have an abortion while she was a college student in Portland, OR. (Published on December 9, 2014 |Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Vashon Island, WA)

"I don't regret anything." Angie shares her story of seeking an abortion as a graduate student in Los Angeles, CA and the post abortion ritual she performed after her abortion. (Published on December 2, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Los Angeles, CA)

"It is life altering." Marie shares her experiences obtaining abortions at different times in her life and why she is now pro-life. (Published on December, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL)

"I didn't have anyone to talk to." Nicole shares her story of obtaining an abortion as a 16 year old high school student. (Published on November 25, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Pembroke Pines, FL)

“I was pregnant and I didn’t want to be.” Emily shares her story of seeking an abortion in Portland, OR after getting pregnant while using an IUD. (Published on November 25, 2014| Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Portland, OR)

"It was like it never happened." Nan shares her story of obtaining an abortion in Phoenix, AZ in her early 20s. (Published on November 18, 2014| Listener: Melissa Madera |Location: Vashon Island, WA) Why did Melissa create The Abortion Diary? Watch her story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4odDzNkjcMs&feature=youtu.be

"It was a rite of passage" Fawn shares her story of obtaining an abortion in San Francisco, CA in the late 90s. (Published on November 18, 2014| Listener: Melissa Madera |Location: Portland, OR) Why did Melissa create The Abortion Diary? Watch her story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4odDzNkjcMs&feature=youtu.be

"It's okay to talk about it." Sara shares her story of choosing to have an abortion in Renton, Washington and then choosing to become a mother a few years later. (Published on November 11. 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera |Location: Vashon Island, WA)

"Nobody does it lightly." Diary Entry 64: Francine S., 47 Francine shares her story of obtaining an abortion after receiving a trisomy 13 diagnosis. (Published on November 11, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera |Location: Boynton Beach, FL)

"It ripped my heart apart." Epi shares his two personal experiences with abortion in Upstate New York during the 1970s. (Published on November 4, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Vashon Island, Washington)

"I lost total control of my body." Rahel shares her second trimester abortion experience in New York City. (Published on November 4, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: New York, NY)

Melissa shares her story of seeking an abortion as a college student in New York City. (Published on October 28, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera |Location: New York, NY)

Judi shares her story of obtaining an illegal abortion as a 16 year old high school student in the 1960s after being raped by a family friend, and a legal abortion in her twenties. She also discusses her work helping other women obtain abortions in New York before abortion was legal in New Jersey, working as a clinic escort at an abortion clinic in New Jersey after abortion became legal after the Roe v. Wade decision, and choosing not to have children. (Published on October 28, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Venice, FL)

Lisa shares her story of seeking an abortion while she was 40 year old graduate student writing her doctoral dissertation, and a mother of a college student. (Published on October 21, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: New York, NY)

Mayah shares her story of obtaining an abortion in Portland, OR and her experience with EXHALE. (Published on October 21, 2014| Listener: Melissa Madera |Location: Portland, OR)

Aimee shares her story of seeking a clandestine abortion in the Philippines, where abortion is illegal, while she was a college student. (Published on October 14, 2014| Listener: Melissa Madera |Location: Portland, OR)

Anonymous shares her story of traveling to Ohio in order to obtain an abortion while she was as a college student in Indiana. (Published on October 14, 2014| Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Portland, OR)

Gail shares her two abortion experiences. She shares her experience as a fifteen year old high school student and then choosing to have an abortion when she was eighteen years old.* (Published on October 7, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: New York, NY) *The conference Gail is referring to is The Mother Wit Conference in New York City. The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please donate to The Abortion Diary on Fractured Atlas: http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=10900 Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Kristina shares her story of seeking an abortion as a college student. She also shares her experience with herbal abortifacients, and the art project about her abortion that she created during the six weeks she had to wait before obtaining her abortion.* (Published on October 7, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Providence, RI) *I apologize for the wind. We, unexpectedly, had to record outside. The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please donate to The Abortion Diary on Fractured Atlas: http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=10900 Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Sue shares her story of seeking an abortion in New York City when she was in her early 40s, and writing her pro-choice novel, Love Means Second Chances. (Published on September 30, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: New York, NY) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please donate to The Abortion Diary on Fractured Atlas: http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=10900 Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Aria shares her experience obtaining an abortion in New York City and her work as an abortion doula. (Published on September 23, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Providence, RI)

Elizabeth shares her story of obtaining an abortion in Atlanta, Georgia. (Published on September 16, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Miami, FL) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Brenna shares her story of obtaining an abortion as a college student Arcata, CA. (Published on September 16, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Portland, OR) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Kathryn shares her medication abortion experience as a college student in California and the post-abortion ritual she and her partner performed afterward. (Published on September 9 , 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: New York, NY) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Jacqui shares her experiences with a trisomy 18 diagnosis and abortion. *I apologize for the wind. This is what it means to be recording on the road. (Published on September 9. 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Cambridge, MA) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

C.D. shares her abortion experience in Chicago and the ritual she undertook to process her abortion experience. (Published on September 2, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Cambridge, MA) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Wendy shares her abortion experience as a teenager in New York City before abortion was legal in New York. (Published on September 2, 2014| Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Northampton, MA) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Judith Arcana shares her experiences as a Jane in The Abortion Counseling Service of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union (usually known as JANE) and her own abortion experience soon after the Roe v. Wade decision. Judith Arcana is a writer – and a Jane, a member of the feminist underground service that helped more than eleven thousand women and girls have safe illegal abortions in Chicago before the Roe decision in January of 1973. She worked in the service for two years, and then taught classes on women's health and sexuality for the Women's Liberation School. Last year she published a fiction zine rooted in abortion service history (Keesha and Joanie and JANE ); her story collection about tattooing and abortion, called Hello. This is Jane. – is currently seeking a publisher. Visit Judith's website: http://www.juditharcana.com/. (Published on August 26, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Portland, OR) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Anonymous shares her experiences obtaining abortions at different stages of her life. (Published on August 26, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: New York, NY) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Amanda shares her experience with Emergency Contraception (Plan B) and abortion, and talks about making a comic book about her abortion experience. (Published on August 19, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Portland, OR) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Genesis shares her abortion experiences, one medication abortion and one surgical abortion, as a college student in New York City. (Published on August 19, 2014| Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Amherst, MA) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Yael shares her experience with medication abortion. (Published on August 12, 2014| Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Cambridge, MA) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Maryann share her experiences of obtaining two abortions, one surgical and one medication abortion. (Published on August 12, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Cambridge, MA) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Serena comparte su experiencias con un aborto clandestino en Ecuador y otro aborto en España cuando era una inmigrante indocumentada. También nos cuenta sus experiencas con dos abortos espontáneos y de dar a luz a una de sus hijas. --------------- Serena shares her experiences of seeking a clandestine abortion in Ecuador and of obtaining an abortion in Spain as an undocumented immigrant. She also shares her experiences with two miscarriages and the birth of one of her daughters. (Published on August 5, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Miami, FL) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Sondra shares her abortion stories; one in the 1950s, before abortion was legal in the United States, and another in the 1970s. (Published on July 29, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: New York, NY) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Megan shares her abortion experience in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Published on July 22, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Oakland, CA) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Sharon shares her abortion experience as a college student in California. (Published on July 15, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Oakland, CA) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Brenda shares her story of obtaining an abortion as a sixteen year old high school student. (Published on July 8, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Boston, MA) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Robin shares her experiences with abortion and miscarriage. (Published on July 1, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Los Angeles, CA) The Abortion Diary needs your support in order to continue to break the silence. Please consider making a donation to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign: igg.me/at/abortiondiarytour Thank you for being loyal listeners and supporters!

Neida shares her experiences with a full spectrum of reproductive experiences: abortion, miscarriage, an ectopic pregnancy and birth. (Published on June 24, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: San Francisco, CA)

Meg shares her experience seeking an abortion in Colorado, her cancer diagnosis and her path to midwifery education. (Published on June 12, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Portland, OR)

Anonymous shares her experience of seeking an abortion as a college student in California. (Published on June 5, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Los Angeles, CA)

Ann shares her experience of seeking an abortion as a teenager in Minnesota. (Published on May 29, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Los Angeles, CA)

Sara shares her experience seeking an abortion in Seattle. (Published on May 22, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Oakland, CA)

Devra shares her abortion experiences, including two menstrual extractions at Planned Parenthood, in Los Angeles, CA, before abortion was legal in the United States. She also discusses her experience in the Women’s Liberation Movement and how talking to other women at women’s groups about reproductive choices was essential to her abortion experience. (Published on May 15, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Los Angeles, CA)

Esther shares her experience of seeking an abortion as a college student in California. (Published on May 8, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Oakland, CA)

Katie shares her abortion experience in Portland, Oregon. (Published on May 1, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Portland, OR)

Shanale shares her abortion experience in Oakland, CA. (Published on April 24, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Oakland, CA)

Josephine shares her two vastly different abortion experiences; one as a college student in Santa Cruz, CA and a second abortion in her mid-twenties in New York, New York. (Published on April 17, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Los Angeles, CA)

Francis shares her abortion experience as a teenager in San Francisco, CA. (Published on April 10, 2014 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Oakland, CA)