Aziza Jones was in a long-distance relationship when she found out that she was pregnant in 2012. In her own words, Jones shares why her decision to get an abortion changed her life for the better, and how she now fights for abortion access.
When I got pregnant, I was living in Chicago and in a long-distance relationship with a guy in Maryland. It was kind of a whirlwind romance, and a couple months into it, I found out that I was pregnant. I was using protection, but I still got pregnant. And because we were long-distance, it was a question of, how is this going to happen?
He was already a parent, and I was underemployed. I was on unemployment. I was working under the table at a restaurant at the time and doing everything I could just to make my bills. And I just decided that it was not the time for me to try to be responsible for anything more than myself and my cat. I didn’t want to bring another person into the world who I was not able to provide for.I sat with it for a while, because I always wanted to be a parent.
I called Planned Parenthood, and the cost was about $500, which I was not going to be able to afford. A woman there told me about a city hospital that cares for a lot of low-income people who don’t have health insurance, and there it would be about $75. This is a low-cost option for people, but it was not the most compassionate care ever. There was no privacy. They called my name. I went to the back. It was probably a 5 to 7 minute procedure. I came out.
After it was over, I felt strong in my convictions that the abortion was something that I wanted, and I knew it had to be done for me to have the life that I wanted. I was resolved that this was something that I needed to do for me.I still agree with my decision, but I do wish I had spoken to some of my friends and learned about an, so that I would have been able to be provided with better care, someone to drive me to my appointment.
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