When I was 17 years old I found myself in more than one unenviable situations. The first being that I was trapped in an abusive relationship, although it would still be some time before I admitted that even to myself. The second was the fact that I had just found out that I was pregnant with my abuser's baby, and although I didn't yet fully realize how bad my relationship was (it was so bad) I knew that it was NOT the kind of relationship I wanted to add a child to. Thankfully, living in Oregon made my life a bit easier in the sense that abortions were easy to access and weren't tied to any crazy requirements like waiting periods, counselling or other nonsense. Still, it was expensive and my boyfriend and I had to pay for it ourselves. The upside of that was that in order to do that, he was forced to sell all of his guns, which just might have saved my life in the long run as well. It was the right choice for me, and I have never NEVER regretted it for one minute. In fact, I have often marveled at how lucky I was to be able to access one with such relative ease because the alternative would have most likely tied me to my abuser even longer than I ended up being stuck there. Also, it would have meant potentially having to raise a child with someone who had only very limited control of his temper and had a propensity for punching holes in every wall, dashboard, window, etc that happened to be in the way of his rages. There is no doubt in my mind that having access to an abortion saved my life and my sanity, and now they're poised to take that away from millions of women who might just be in the very same situation. My daughter is 9. She started her period this year. I am white hot angry about this and I will NOT be silent in the face of this outrage. Nobody should be. Fight. Fight hard. Fight dirty. Everything is at stake.