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I was 16 and had been dating the same person for two years almost. Things were great. I was doing wonderful in school, and was an active member of our dance team. I woke up one morning and realized I hadn't started my period. I waited a few days then called my boyfriend and told him about my concern. He bought me a test and went to his house. I looked at it and felt like I was getting the wind knocked out of me. I started crying. My boyfriend said we would take care of it. Without any concern for what I wanted, he called an abortion clinic in Houston. He said he would pick me up in the morning at school. I called a friend of mine. We told my parents I had to be at school early and I was going to stay with her that night.

He was there to pick me up. My friend told me there would be some kind of counseling, so I would have someone to give me the facts. We arrived and, as we waited, I talked to a girl who had already had three abortions. I thought to myself, if she had had three, maybe it's not that bad. They called my name, and gave me the blood test and the ultrasound. I was only 6 weeks along. They said, "Alright, go sit down we will call your name." I expected them to call me in for counseling. They called my name. I walked in. "Get undressed and put this on". I had chosen a deep sedation; I didn't want to be awake during this. As I waited for the counselor, a man walked in and told me to put my legs up. A nurse put a mask over my face. I started crying as I felt the drugs kick in. "Please STOP!!", I cried.

I woke up sitting in a chair. I had realized that no one had talked me, no counselor. I remember saying stop. Had I made the right decision by asking them to stop? I felt a horrible pain and looked down. I was sitting on a chair in a pool of blood. They did it. It was done and there was nothing I could do. On the way home I laid in the back seat while my boyfriend and friend sat in the front seat laughing about various things. I had done this for him, because he said he would be there for me. We broke up soon after that, and I realized what I had done was wrong and I didn't know the facts. I wish I had had a website like this to tell me the facts before I did this.