Not a bad article, but one thing I fail to understand, it always seems that abortion is ok if you say it did not bother you. What, if anything else do we do that with?  Is it ok to drink and drive if it does not bother us? Can we kill our living children? To base an action on how the person committing it feels is ridiculous . There is right and wrong no matter how we "feel".

Published March 09, 2013, 11:40 PM

My abortion story: 10 area women share varied experiences

FARGO – Behind every abortion statistic is a woman facing a decision.But because of the stigma associated with abortion, we don’t often hear from them.

By:
Meredith Holt, INFORUM

FARGO – Behind every abortion statistic is a woman facing a decision.
But because of the stigma associated with abortion, we don’t often hear
from them.

Ten women from the area agreed to share their personal
stories with The Forum. Because of the sensitive nature of the subject
and the potential for repercussions, they asked that their real names
not be used.

Though there are some common threads, the women’s feelings about their abortions are as different as the women themselves.

For some, the after-effects were traumatic. For others, it reinforced their belief in a woman’s right to choose.

No
matter their opinions, each wanted to encourage anyone facing such a
decision to talk to someone, seek support and reach out for services.

Paula, 25, Fargo

Paula
got pregnant while she and her first boyfriend – and the first person
she had sex with – were seniors at a Catholic high school.

“We were both terrified. We were 18 and scared out of our minds,” she says.

Paula didn’t feel strongly about abortion one way or another beforehand, but she had no misgivings about her decision.

“I
knew instantly, ‘I don’t want to be pregnant, I don’t want to be a
parent, I don’t want to go through having a baby and then giving it up
for adoption and never seeing it again,’ ” she says.

Like
many girls and women, Paula didn’t think it would happen to her,
despite the fact that she and her boyfriend weren’t using any sort of
birth control.

“I was absolutely flabbergasted that it had actually happened,” she says.

It was clinic staff who first introduced Paula to her birth control options.

“I
was curious, ‘Why did nobody tell us about this?’ ” she says. “I think
things would’ve been different if I had learned about it in the first
place.”

the rest is here: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/392635/