Do you know someone who has had an abortion, no details please?

[AviatorTom]

Abortion is a sensitive and controversial topic.

We're not going to get into any discussion of abortion here.

Instead, a simple poll question...

Do you know someone who has had an abortion?

Please provide no details, only answer in the poll.

And please note that all poll votes are anonymous.

YES - I know someone who has had an abortion

NO - I don't know anyone who has had an abortion

[Lliam]

I can think of two that I know of for sure.
One was a girl that I dated a bit when I was 16. I never got in her pants. She confided that she had had an abortion.

My first actual girlfriend was 15 and I was 16. She had been in one short-lived relationship, gotten pregnant and had an abortion before we met. She learned her lesson and started taking the pill.

I assume that both girls got their abortions at a very early stage as soon as they discovered they were pregnant. They had been young and naive when they got pregnant. They had good parents who wisely supported them in not going through with pregnancy. And both girls learned from their mistake.

They were both really good people; normal girls with healthy values.
I lost track of the first one. But I remained friends with the second one. She went on to get married and have two girls. We are still Facebook friends and she's a happy grandma.

[bolverk]

No I do not know any woman who has had an abortion, but then in the UK an abortion is a last option, usually medical need only.( As of April 2026, the legal situation regarding abortion in the UK is undergoing significant change, specifically in England and Wales, where Parliament has voted to decriminalize abortion for women, effectively ending the prospect of criminal prosecution for ending their own pregnancies. While abortion remains legal up to 24 weeks, the new legislation removes criminal liability for women at any stage of pregnancy), as here in the UK women have free access to the other 30+ methods of contraception there is not the finacial barrier that there is in the US,

[alice55]

no I know nobody who did after I don't have many friends neither relation so I guess it's possible people I know from sight or basic acquaintance may have had one but I don't know but nobody who I'm close to did

[4ngelic]

i've never heard anyone irl tell me they had one. though that doesn't mean anything, it's nothing you'd shout on the rooftops

[Cidknee]

Back in 1980 or 81 probably the girlfriend of a close friend had one. They were both 17, she maybe 16.

Today she has found peace i think although at the time she slotted out with a lot of guys and was drunk every time I saw her. She broke up with my friend shortly after. He was a cheat anyway and she was a nice, sweet girl. She has 2 now, one each.

I talked with her for the first time since about 2011 1.5 years ago and she informed me of things. She still spoke of it and regretted it. We talked about his passing in 2012.

[Cidknee]

I just read the rest of your question. You can erase this if you want.

[lightbulb27]

when hooking up on a cruise ship, things can happen. surprise surprise. It kinda messed up the divorce proceeding and so the unborn was executed.

The wages of sin is death, that remains true. Death in this case is one that could not speak and never will. They'd be around 20 something now if had survived.

[DonaldDarko]

I don't know anyone. But I do know the right talks about small government and freedom while trying to legislate whether women can get an abortion or not. They want to put the government right in your fucking bedroom but talk about small government and individual freedom.

[Zack-Bann]

Several women I dated told they had one in the past
Never my kid.


But I understand it’s a common thing too.


The world doesn’t end because of it.


But it can be very traumatic as well

[molonski2]

I know multiple women ( 3 ) who have had abortions , and all 3 have suffered greatly after going down this path , one of the 3 has 2 separate abortions.

You can never recover and you will always hold that burden , throughout life.

[Billlewis]

I've known a couple of women who've had abortions, and both of them initially attempted to get me to pay for them. In each case, the timeline wasn't indicative of my having been the guy who impregnated them.

[Jordi2525]

What did they try to get you to do? I mean, I didn't understand what you meant. Can you explain?

[Billlewis]

@Jordi2525 Oftentimes, when a woman becomes pregnant, and she leads an active social life, what matters is not necessarily who the biological father is, but rather, who the most stable and desirable long term partner of hers is most favorable to associate the pregnancy with. I want to be very clear that, as far as I know, this only happens with a very small percentage of women, and very often, as in both of my experiences, that association is more to get the abortion paid for than to actually have the baby.

[Jordi2525]

Oh, I understand. They were saying the baby was yours so you'd pay for the abortion, but abortion isn't free in many places?

[Billlewis]

@Jordi2525 It wasn't back then, in the late 80's/early 90's. One woman led a bawdy dating life and the other, though she didn't tell me until later, was married.

[Jordi2525]

And in the end, did they have the abortion or not?

[Billlewis]

@Jordi2525 Well, obviously the one who was married did, but yes, they both eventually ended their pregnancies. Trust me, you never want to get that phone call, that starts off with, 'When was the last time we had sex?'

[Billlewis]

@Jordi2525. Ironically, my biological father did the exact same thing I would have done in his position: 'You're pregnant? Get rid of it'. 'No, I want to keep the baby'. 'Alright, I'm out of here'. It just costs too damn much to have a child nowadays.

[OneViewpoint]

Yes. Several somones. None of them were abortions for casual sex. All were for medical necessity.

[MisterWack]

Yes, I do

I’ve said my piece on the topic before, so promise to follow the rules laid out by The Asker and not say more than that.

[NathanDavis]

not a planned one, no

there are spontaneous abortions (miscarriage, pregnancy loss) but I am sure you mean "the other kind"

[KostasKouvalis]

Not directly. But my biology teacher in HS had a friend who got one and he asked her if he could keep the fetus, and he brought it to class in a fucking jar! Everyone nearly vomited!

[KostasKouvalis]

@katiesmuff It was like 20 years ago, maybe the law is different now. Why would I make something like that up? I pride myself on honesty, so I really do not appreciate being called a liar.

Also, if he was a biology teacher, even if there was a law, they may have made an acception for him. My mom didn't believe me either and it pissed me off

[KostasKouvalis]

@katiesmuff Fuck off! I'm not gonna be slandered as a "liar" or made to look like a sczitzo

[KostasKouvalis]

www.google.com/search

Preservation for Viewing: For temporary viewing (2–4 days) before burial, remains can be placed in a "vessel" of saline water and kept in a refrigerator or cooler to slow deterioration [12, 15].

Research Donation: You can choose to donate fetal tissue for medical research, though this requires voluntary, informed consent [21, 28]. As of early 2026, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has restricted the use of human fetal tissue from elective abortions in agency-funded research [23, 37].

[katiesmuff]

Reread what you just wrote you dumb ass! Nowhere does that even present the idea you can just ask for the remains to be put in a jar and given to you to give to anyone. You are able to sign a form for the remains to be used for research and that DAMN sure isn't in a high school biology classroom.

[KostasKouvalis]

Then maybe he lied about how he got it. Whatever, I'm not gonna argue with you, 'cuz there's no fucking point. That's something so specific, that no logical person would think someone would make that up. Yet you democrats believe less logical things, like Trump is a pedophile.

[alice55]

Wow that's crazy, the only time I saw one was in a movie and it made me very uncomfortable but I think it's good to see what it really look like becuase a lot of democrat think abortion is nothing and do it without thinking it's good to see what a really aborted baby looks like. I don't know why people don't believe you in my country we literally a heart so nothing surprising it's normal in real biology class.

Also I never heard about it but some people think trump is a pedophile what's this about?

[KostasKouvalis]

@alice55 I knew my best friend would believe me 😊 I wish now I hadn't removed that girl's posts, but it pisses me off that she was calling me a "liar".

Yeah, it was disturbing.
We disected worms, a frog and pig too. And heart. I picked up the heart and went, "Kali ma! Kali ma!"🤣

Exactly, it's a biology class so showing a fetus is nothing strange.

It's because he allegedy has connections to Epstein Island, even though there's no proof. But Democrats just want a new excuse to get rid of him

[exitseven]

Nope, I do not known anyone that has had an abortion to my knowledge. I imagine it is not someting somebody puts on a T shirt.

[strateguy632]

I never met one who said she did an abortion. Who gave them a right to harm a fetus?

[katiesmuff]

Not directly know her, she was the sister of one of my employee's

[LC75LC71]

I voted no because a woman I was sleeping with claimed to be pregnant It was weird tho because the first time we'd had sex was barely a month before she told me.. Also I'm sterile.

[Anonymous]

I've had an abortion. My parents forced me into it. Doctors, teachers, psychologist, aunts, police all were involved

[Twalli]

I'm not sure. I don't know the person personally, but I think there's someone who I'm subscribed to who might have had one. It's not exactly clear.

[CriminallyInsane]

No one's ever told me they have, no

[Agape93]

Yeap. Me and a few others.

[Jordi2525]

Have you had an abortion?

[Agape93]

Yeap 3

[Jordi2525]

How many have you had? What's it like having them?

[Agape93]

I just told you how many and it was fine. Pay 500, they checked me over, given pills and left.

[Jordi2525]

Did you pay? But aren't they free?

[Agape93]

Yeah 500 bucks each. They're almost never free.

[MissSunshine2]

I doubt it, but I wouldn't know.

[Smashingdoozy]

Yes for myself and others

[Jordi2525]

Have you had an abortion?

[Smashingdoozy]

Yes I have

[Miristheiss]

Not that I know about.

[slatyb]

I do, but I don't know who it is.

[Xawyx-2]

I know several of those. It's their right.

[888theGreat]

None I know for sure

[CubaPirate]

Yes my sons ex girlfriend

[lilBigPotato]

Yes 🤷‍♀️

[smashleyy]

yeah

[goaded]

Probably.

[Paige2006]

Yes I do

[beefcakebradybatson]

Yes.