‘Scared teenager’: Why NZ abortion law must change

'Scared teenager': Why NZ abortion law must change

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Nov 01 2018

I was sixteen when I missed a pill. I knew that meant no unprotected sex for a week. But telling a man in a country with some of the highest sexual assault statistics in the OECD that you won't have sex with him doesn't bode well.

We fought, he argued that he'd "just pull out", and we fought some more. Eventually, I broke. I caved, I gave in to his anger at being denied sex he felt, as my boyfriend, he deserved. He didn't pull out. And four weeks later, I knew I was pregnant.

Continued: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/108114281/scared-teenager-why-nz-abortion-law-must-change