When I found myself facing an unwanted pregnancy, and after having spent the good part of two years pregnant, I knew right away that I would have an abortion.

Our first child was born prematurely and died within hours of her birth, while my second pregnancy was wrought with complications. Even after my son was born, he spent two months in the NICU — two months in which I rarely left his side, despite recovering from severe birth injuries.

Pregnancy and childbirth do not come easy for me.

One might think that because I openly grieve the loss of a baby who was just 22 weeks in the womb, that I might be anti-choice — but nothing could be further from the truth.

Even before facing all these difficult moments, I’d always believed in a pregnant person’s right to choose.