1 - IN - 3 is a grassroots movement to start a new conversation about abortion - telling our stories, on our own terms….

The 1 in 3 campaign builds on the success of prior social change movements, harnessing the power of storytelling to engage and inspire action and strengthen support for abortion access. By encouraging women who have had abortions to end their silence, share their stories, and start a new and more personal conversation about abortion in our society.

YAMANI ABORTION STORY:

“When I became pregnant when I was 19 in college, it was within a month or so after I had watched my grandmother Lucille have a fatal heart attack in front of me. I wondered when I became pregnant if it was her spirit coming back to me.

I decided to have an abortion because I didn’t have the supports I needed to be the parent I wanted to be. I didn’t have any barriers to access but I regret my abortion and for many years I did not talk about it publicly. In 2011, I proudly told my abortion story for the first time publicly via Advocates for Youth’s 1 in 3 story-telling project because I was inspired by the project to show so many faces and reasons behind abortion.

I now lead a national abortion access organization, knowing that I, along with so many contain multitudes. Abortion, birth and miscarriage are all a part of my life story and I am proud to talk about and advocate for support for all pregnancy options unequivocally without shame or judgement but with love and compassion.” – Yamani