Hi my name is Erika. I am doing research on abortion for a class to complete my undergraduate degree. I am studying the emotional effects if any of Abortion for Men and Women. If you have had a passed abortion please take this survey. I need MALES and FEMALES. If you would like the results of this study, or have any questions please feel free to e-mail me at coloner@kean.edu. I truly thank you for your time. This will be very helpful to me. Just copy and past the link below into your URL. Thanks!
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Hello, I am probably too late with a reply to your survey, I have tried to answer questions but the link will not work for me, all I can do is tell you my emotional and physical feelings here.
I am 18 years old. Yesterday I took the final steps into ending my baby's life I have recently just finished a relationship with my childhood sweetheart as we are both going to university in different cities and thought it would be for the best.
I had a "medical abortion" which consists of taking pills. It has been a very emotional journey for me and I have been very hormonal. In the week leading up to taking the pills I was very distressed, I have always been anti-abortion as I have always felt it was ending someones life. I felt like I couldn't do it and that I would be a murderer. After hour long conversations with my ex boyfriend (who was in university in a different city when all of this happened) I was feeling a lot more calmer about the sittuation. I needed reassurance from him that I was doing the right thing. But when I went to the doctors surgery and it was confirmed that I was pregnant all that calmness vanished and I hysterically cried to the point where I nearly had a panic attack. All of a sudden my whole world was tipped upside down. I feel like I went through the process alone because I didnt want to tell my friends and family as I was worried what they might have thought of me for effectivly killing my baby. Although thinking back I know I would have got the support I needed from them.
I felt so isolated and separated from the whole world for that week before I decided to have the abortion. I felt I was carrying this burden around with me that just never lifted. It still hasn't right now otherwise I wouldn't be on these websites at 1am looking for people to relate to and people to understand me. my ex boyfriend says that it will get better with time. He seems to be very strong and confident in thinking we have made the right decision. I just have to listen to him and hope that he is right because I know I would have ruined my life if I had decided to continue with my pregnancy.