Abortion Stories

  • Victoria x Youth Testify

    Youth Testify member shares their abortion story.

  • Gabriella, Photographed by Lelanie Foster

    These photos embody the ways I am gentle with myself and attune to my own healing and growth after my abortion. I have found ways to reclaim my power, my…

  • Dev, Photographed by Kaltoum Alibrahimi

    This high school graduation photograph reminds me how young I was when I arranged for and survived a ‘back-alley,’ illegal abortion three years before the Roe v. Wade ruling. Holding…

  • Jordyn x Youth Testify

    Youth Testify member shares their abortion story.

  • Angellie, Photographed by Michel Collado-Toro

    “Cuando tuve mi primer aborto yo tenía 22 años y mi hija Amahia tenía 1 año. Ella tiene Osteogénesis Imperfecta y en aquel momento sólo pensaba en lo incierto que…

  • Veronika x Youth Testify

    Youth Testify member shares their abortion story.

  • Marie x Youth Testify

    Youth Testify member shares their abortion story.

  • Ale, Photographed by Mariah Johnson

    My fight against systemic racism and incarceration has informed, for the most part, if and when I will create a family. My future is unknown. I am a government agencies’…

  • Jae, Photographed by Joy Mosenfelder

    “Because of access to safe medical abortion, I was able to graduate from college and live my life as a transgender non-binary person. Abortion is a transgender issue, too.”