Texas made it hard to have my abortion. With Roe at stake, I’m going home to expand access.

Texas made it hard to have my abortion. With Roe at stake, I’m going home to expand access.

Sarah Valliere, Opinion contributor
Published Jan. 22, 2019

That’s the fourth test, my best friend told me in a calm, but stern voice. I was pregnant.

I sat in shock on the toilet seat, staring at all four positive pregnancy tests. How could this be? Taking birth control pills made me feel invincible; there was no way I could be pregnant.

I was 17 years old and in a state of pure instability. With siblings away at college, no longer speaking to my father, and knowing my mother was processing the messy divorce that tore our family apart — I felt alone, lost and with nowhere to turn.

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