A Patient’s Reflection on her Medical Abortion (pills used: Mifepristone and Misoprostol / Cytotec) in the Philippines (entry #49)

Dec 9, 2017 Pea, 32, Office Staff Orani, Bataan, Philippines My husband and I have been married for seven years now and we have two beautiful daughters aged six and three. We could have been half-heartedly awaiting what would be our fourth child now if not for the help of Project 486. Fourth because this […]

A Patient’s Reflection on her Medical Abortion (pills used: Mifepristone and Misoprostol / Cytotec) in the Philippines (entry #48)

December 6, 2017 KC,24, medical student Cebu City, Philippines This is our story…it all happened in one week. LMP-October 24, 2017 On the day I expected my period to come(Nov.24), it didn’t. 3 days passed since the 24th, I just noticed my boobs were bigger and my nipples were sensitive – which are what I […]

A Patient’s Reflection on her Medical Abortion (pills used: Mifepristone and Misoprostol / Cytotec) in the Philippines (entry #47)

November 28, 2017 Annie, 23, Data Encoder Tanay, Rizal, Philippines Hi Sir Alex and Sir John! Here’s my story, I am the eldest in my family. Mataas ang expectation sakin ng mga magulang ko, although nakatapos naman ako ng pag aaral, kakaumpisa palang ng career ko. Ayokong madisappoint sakin parents so I did it. After […]

Abortion in Cagayan de Oro: She had a baby because of rape and years later , her “not updated” Fertility app failed (entry #46)

Abortion in Cagayan de Oro city November 10, 2017 CJ, 18, student Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines WARNING. This is a very long reflection so you might get bored and stop reading in the middle. I’m sorry if it is though, I wanted to write this reflection as detailed as I could for […]

Abortion in Makati: HR officer and mother of 1 struggling financially can not support another child (entry #45)

November 4, 2017 Ara, 23, Human Resource Officer Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines It’s been more than 2 weeks since I successfully done my medical abortion. I am still healing right now. I’m sorry it’s very long reflection. So here’s how it happened for me.. Sept. 25- this was supposed to be the date of […]

Abortion in Laguna: Pregnancy will have legal, financial and career-ending consequences (entry #44)

Oct 31, 2017 Ems, 32, Office Staff Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines This is my Story Sept 15- LMP Oct 17 – Positive, Im pregnant I was in shock, I couldnt believe it. Minsan lng kme nagcontact ng bf ko. Inilagay ko na pati sa loob ko n hindi na tlga ako magbubuntis ulit due to […]

A Patient’s Reflection on her Medical Abortion (pills used: Mifepristone and Misoprostol / Cytotec) in the Philippines (entry #43)

October 31, 2017 M.C., 20, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines Fear, guilt, anger, and incomparable sadness. I felt all of these the moment my partner and I discovered that I was pregnant and decided to have an abortion. I never imagine myself in this position kasi all my life, God knows na alam kong mali […]

Abortion in Masbate: 18 year old student endures pain and learn a valuable lesson (entry #41)

Oct. 22, 2017 P.V. , 18, student Masbate, Philippines Magtatatlong buwan na ang nilalaman ng aking tiyan nang makita ko ang blog about sa project 486. Bumalik ulit yung pag asa ko na baka maayos pa ang lahat kahit ilang buwan na ang nakalipas kasi nung mga nakaraang buwan na lumipas, hindi ko na alam […]

Abortion in Baguio City: A young doctor bullies a flight attendant into admitting she took abortion pills to end her pregnancy (entry #40)

“The doctor there was young and had an annoyingly assuming face asking if im sure that I did not take in anything. She called up her superior in front of me and asked what to do because I was apparently denying that I took in any meds. They took my urine sample and then she […]