It felt surreal to be standing inside a shopping centre while struggling to come to terms with the fact that I was pregnant, though there was something almost comforting about the indifference of the sea of preoccupied shoppers hurrying around me.
I had an abortion – and my experience shows how broken the UK system truly is When she found out she was pregnant, Maya Oppenheim knew that, like thousands of women, she could face difficulties trying to have a termination.
Before I’d even got the words out, she told me: “I know what you’re going to say – I could see it in your face.” A million different thoughts hurtled around my head as I tried to remain calm in the most uncalm of places.
Squinting at the test, I initially thought it said “progress”, but on closer inspection, the word “pregnant” was flashing in front of me.
I was squatting on the floor of the toilet in Westfield Stratford shopping centre when I found out I was pregnant.
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