At the age of 27, Charlène became pregnant unintentionally. Her partner at the time panicked and pressured her to have an abortion. She wanted to keep the child, but she found no support at the Planned Parenthood counselling centre she turned to: they just wanted to abort her child. When she hesitated, she was told that she should ‘not talk about a baby,’ that it was just ‘a cluster of cells.’ Charlène resisted the pressure for a long time, refusing to take the preparatory medication. In the end, she gave in. Her boyfriend forced the abortion pill into her mouth Just weeks later, she broke up with her partner, fell into a deep depression and struggled to get her life back on track. Today, Charlène has a family again. But she cannot forget what she went through. ‘You can only learn to live with it,’ says the young woman. Her appeal to European politicians: ‘Protect women’s rights against pressure and coercion! Create real alternatives!’
Charlène was one of five women telling their stories in the European Parliament last Wednesday. Each story was different, but what they all had in common is that the women were left alone at one of the most crucial moments of their lives.
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