You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion

by Meera Shah

My father always believed that one should never have blind faith for religion, that faith should come after you’ve established a concrete understanding of the core principles that religion teaches.

Some find it hard to believe, but one in four women in America has an abortion in her lifetime

“The moment the procedure was over, it was like this huge weight had been lifted. I felt like I had literally been given my life back. I am not insensitive to those who believe that life begins at conception. I don’t, but I think we all have the right to our own beliefs. But, for me, and women in the position I was in, the life that is important is the one that is truly just taking off—that fledgling adult woman getting ready to fly.