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For the first time in nearly 50 years, state legislatures will go into session this year without the guardrails of the landmark Roe v. Wade precedent protecting abortion rights. We鈥檙e preparing to face even more attacks on abortion access in the coming year, but this fight goes far beyond any single committee hearing or court argument. The ability to access abortion care is fundamentally about whether people can control their lives and livelihoods, their dreams and autonomy, and the future they want to create.

Sharing your abortion story is a critical part of this fight. It鈥檚 how we show the world the long-term, life-changing impact of this essential health care on people鈥檚 lives. It鈥檚 how we destigmatize the decision to access care. It鈥檚 how we confirm that someone we love will need an abortion one day. And it鈥檚 how we continue to make clear to politicians that abortion is a fundamental right that we all deserve.

Hundreds of people have with us about dreams made true by abortion access. Years later, abortion remains the best decision.

鈥淚 was a teenager with aspirations for a better life. My parents never received a high school diploma. When I received a college degree, they were beaming with pride. No regrets!鈥� 鈥� Abby, California

鈥淚 was 17 years old, recently left the state of Alaska鈥檚 foster care system by going through the emancipation process, and on the cusp of graduating from high school. I secured an appointment to the Air Force Academy Preparatory School, but I had an unplanned pregnancy. In order to pursue my dream of serving my country and achieve higher education, I had to either sign the rights of the baby over or decline an opportunity of a lifetime. I didn鈥檛 question my decision once and thankfully, received a safe and free abortion via Medicaid.

鈥淚 am Alaska Native. I am an Air Force veteran who graduated from the Air Force Academy. I am now able to start a family when the time is right. The right to choose allowed me to rise out of poverty, achieve higher education, and become a parent under far better socioeconomic circumstances than if I had not had access to an abortion.鈥� 鈥� Anonymous

鈥淚 was a 21 year old in college when my birth control failed. I was on the pill and took a supplement that I was unaware would [affect] my birth control ... When I saw the positive pregnancy test I was confused and scared. I had dreamed of becoming a teacher my entire life. I knew that having a baby would mean I would need to drop out of the teaching program. Student teaching is full time and unpaid. I was not in a steady relationship and both my parents worked full time. I would not be able to afford childcare while I finished school. I chose to terminate the pregnancy at seven weeks. To this day it is the hardest decision I have ever had to make.

鈥淚 went on to graduate college with a double major in elementary education and psychology. I have been teaching for six years and have been able to make an impact on hundreds of children. I recently became a foster parent so that I could foster one of my students in a family crisis. I now have a beautiful daughter that I was able to have with a man who loves and supports me. None of this would have happened if I had been forced to have a child in college.鈥� 鈥� Anna, Indiana

鈥淎 month before I started law school I had an abortion at Planned Parenthood. I was 22. Without access to reproductive health care I may not have become a human rights attorney. I am now a mother of two and have practiced law for 20 years.鈥� 鈥� Annie, Illinois

鈥淲hen I was 20 I became pregnant. I was on birth control pills and was on an antibiotic which made the pill ineffective. I was young and immature, doing very poorly in college and living with my long-time boyfriend who was abusive. I knew I was not in the right state of mind to have a baby and my life was such a mess, there was no way it would be stable enough for a new baby. I made the decision to have an abortion and to this day I stand behind this decision. I was able to work on myself after the abortion 鈥� got a full-time job, started to turn my college grades around, and finally broke up with the abusive boyfriend. I knew if I was ever to get pregnant again I wanted to be in a better place in my life.鈥� 鈥� Holly, Indiana

鈥淎fterward I never regretted my decision. I just feel grateful I had the opportunity to make the decision to not carry a baby. My life would be so much different. I was able to put myself through college, leave Ohio and experience so many things. I am now in my 40s and child free by choice and would not have it any other way. I can鈥檛 believe that women will not have the same rights I did. I need to fight for the next generation and hopefully sharing my abortion story is one small thing I can do.鈥� 鈥� Dani, California

鈥淒o I regret it? Not a damn bit [...] I've regretted that I ended up in the situation in the first place, sure. But actually having the abortion itself is one of the few choices in my life that I have full faith I made correctly. I don't want kids. I've never actively wanted kids. A child at the age I was would have ended me.鈥� 鈥� Rhi, Georgia

鈥淚 had the abortion, gratefully, and never looked back. I am forever grateful that I was able to make that choice. If I hadn鈥檛, I would never have married my husband, had my three children and now three grandchildren. My life would have been forever altered, changed, and I would have been connected to a boy/man that I didn鈥檛 love. I have never looked backed, never regretted my decision. I am eternally grateful to the strong women who came before me and fought for my right to choose. And I will continue that fight.鈥� 鈥� Jane, New York

鈥淚 would not be in the successful and happy place I am in life if I would have followed through with that pregnancy. I don鈥檛 think about it unless asked and I do not regret it. I am thankful especially every time I look at my son.鈥� 鈥� Ambre, Pennsylvania

鈥淚 don鈥檛 regret my decision to have an abortion because I took into consideration every circumstance and detail of my life in that moment in time to guide that decision. Nobody knows me more intimately than me. Twenty-five-year-old me did not possess the ability or willingness to raise a child responsibly with the unselfish love every child deserves. [...] I never once regretted my abortion. I married that man I fell in love with years later and had my first of three children at the age of 30. Now at 66, I am grateful for so much 鈥� my marriage, children, career, travels, and now grandchildren. All of it thanks to self-empowerment, access to reproductive health care, and the legal right to choose.鈥� 鈥� Kathy, Washington

鈥淚 was living paycheck to paycheck and knew I couldn鈥檛 afford another mouth to feed. I had no family to help or support me. I thought about giving the baby up for adoption but after speaking with an attorney and he explained the process I broke down in his office because I knew I could not go through with the adoption process. I knew my only option was abortion. I chose to have abortion. [...] That was 13 years ago. I think about the abortion often, but I have no regrets. It was my choice!! Today I am 39 years old, a stay-at-home mom with three amazing kids and a loving husband.鈥� 鈥� Sarah, Illinois

鈥淚t was the best decision I have ever made. I couldn鈥檛 financially support a baby, I could barely support myself. My mental health isn鈥檛 good. It was probably the worst it鈥檚 ever been when I got my abortion. I had contemplated suicide so many times. I thought that I wouldn鈥檛 be able to get access to abortion and it destroyed me mentally. I have never regretted my decision and I never will. My life matters, I matter. What I want out of life matters. I was just a kid, I still am, and I don鈥檛 think I should have to raise another one.鈥� 鈥� Kali, Georgia

鈥淢y abortion gave me the ability to regain my life. I've been sober for three years now, and have regained custody of one of my children. I am a wonderful mom to my living children, and while I deeply regret being an addict in a situation where I had to get an abortion, I know it was the right choice. Not the right choice for me, but for the children who already rely on me, and the person who would have been born into a terrible situation.鈥� 鈥� Tiffany, Utah