Share your abortion story

Abortion is healthcare and 1 in 3 women will have one in her lifetime.

Abortion is normal, it is common, and it is completely different for everyone.

Everyone who has accessed an abortion has a different experience, and a deeply personal story that is theirs to tell.

This is a chance for you to share your abortion story anonymously – Level Up will publish these on our website as part of our Abortion is Healthcare campaign.

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Abortion Stories

In 2006 I got pregnant from a one night stand. I didn’t have his phone number and I didn’t know his name. I had been made homeless by my parents […]

I am now in my late 70s and had an abortion when I was 3O. The BPAS must have been very new then. Many of my friends had accessed ‘illegal’ […]

I found out that I was pregnant when I was 17, through not using contraception, during my A levels in 1977. I had no steady boyfriend and was about to […]

My best friend had an abortion when we were both teenagers (back in the 80s). I went with her, sat in the waiting room, and got a taxi home with […]

I was 30 when I discovered I was pregnant, I wasn’t in a position to have a child and at the time I was travelling abroad in a country where […]

I had an abortion at 5 weeks (I discovered I was pregnant at 4 weeks and was told I had to wait until five to have a medical abortion.) i […]

When I saw those two lines on a pregnancy test after BC failed me for the first time in over a decade, I knew my only option would be abortion. […]

I had an abortion at 19. I was lucky enough that my Mum came with me. I went to work the following day. I have zero regrets about my decision.

I had an abortion in my freshers week of uni. It was with my long term boyfriend (4 years at the time and we are still together now 5 years […]

I had an abortion in the form of the pill when I was six weeks pregnant, I thought I would have a heavy period but I bled heavily for three […]

I had an abortion when I was 17. I didn’t tell anyone except school friend because I thought if my parents found out they would not trust me any more […]

I was 17 just passed my driving test, the two people I would talk to, one had just had a miscarriage and the other had just gone through ivf. I […]

I had a termination after I got pregnant at a very bad time in my life. My mental health was very poor, I was self harming and suicidal and I […]

I was 28 years old. I have a child from a previous relationship who I had when I was 17 and raised alone, I have long term mental health issues […]

I had been with my partner for six years and had our first daughter together when I became pregnant a second time, shortly after my caesarean. I was completely shocked […]

I had an abortion in 2018. I wanted to keep the baby but it just wasn’t practical for my personal circumstances then and i know i made the right decision, […]

I was living abroad and had been raped. I was 20, I didn’t have money, stability, or the ability to take care of a kid – even a kid that […]

I had an abortion last year, after an unexpected pregnancy with someone who I wasn’t in a relationship with. I didn’t feel able to tell him, or my family, only […]

I fell pregnant by mistake. I thought I was tracking my cycles accurately, but apparently not! As soon as I found out my husband and I unanimously decided we didn’t […]

He said “he’s going to cum in me and there’s nothing I can do about it”. It was during lockdown and nothing was available. I had to rely on anonymous […]

I was in a relationship with a very toxic person and we had broken up before I found out I was pregnant at 19. I was living with my parents […]

I had an abortion when I was 16. We had used a condom but it split, so I went to my GP for the morning after pill but it made […]

I was 17 (am 48 now). I told my mum very soon after I found out and she supported me completely. I always felt very lucky to have that. I […]