Woman's story of psycho ex who tried to 'trap her' with a baby shows why women must have the right to choose.

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Women across the country are sharing their stories in response to the recent legislation in states of Georgia, Alabama, Ohio, and now the Missouri Senate banning abortion.

Many are opening up in hopes of enlightening people about how common and necessary the procedure is. While others are sharing in hopes of making other women feel less alone, particularly those currently living in the states seeking to criminalize abortion.

Twitter user Brie shared a personal story about an abusive ex boyfriend who poked a whole in a condom in order to "trap her" in the relationship.

During their second time having sex he poked a hole in the condom when she wasn't looking, and when she bought a home pregnancy test and saw the results, he got excited and admitted it was on purpose.

When I was 17 years old, I had a boyfriend. The second time we ever had sex, he poked a hole into his condom behind my back. This resulted in my pregnancy.

I was 17 years old. I was terrified. After a store bought pregnancy test showed I was positive I went to my boyfriends (1)

— Brie 🐶 (@meowmeowmeow07) May 15, 2019

screamed with glee and told me that he had intentionally gotten me pregnant so he could “lock me in” because he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me.

I was confused & scared. I didn’t know how to act. I was 17 years old. My friend urged me to go to a women’s clinic (2)

— Brie 🐶 (@meowmeowmeow07) May 15, 2019

When Brie's friend took her to a women's clinic to confirm the pregnancy, they accidentally stumbled upon one of the many Christian centers posing as a women's health clinic.

Rather than receiving comprehensive medical care, Brie was given a lecture about how abortion was murder, and would land her in hell.

to make sure. Little did we know that this “women’s clinic” was owned by Christians. They proceeded to tell me that if I killed my baby, I would be a murderer, and murderers go to hell. I was 17 years old.

My friend took my hand and dragged me out of that clinic (3)

— Brie 🐶 (@meowmeowmeow07) May 15, 2019

Since she was a minor, she was forced to go in front of a judge in order to receive rights to go through with an abortion

In order for me to get the procedure as a 17 year old without parental consent, I had to go in front of a judge who would grant me my rights to an abortion as long as I wasn’t using it as a means for birth control. I was granted my rights.

I took the day off of school and my(4)

— Brie 🐶 (@meowmeowmeow07) May 15, 2019

friend drove me to the abortion clinic. This procedure took all of 5 minutes. There was no baby to remove and dismantle. There wasn’t even a fetus. It was an embryo that took 5 minutes and no blood shed to remove.

I went home and through confusion, a lot of tears and pure (5)

— Brie 🐶 (@meowmeowmeow07) May 15, 2019

When she was granted rights to her own abortion, the procedure itself only took roughly five minutes to remove the embryo. However, the process of going to court and getting lectured at a "women's clinic" was much more traumatic.

support from my friend, I tried to continue on with my 17 year old life. Shortly after I had time to think about what had actually happened, I broke up with him. He proceeded to pull a knife on me, but he cut his wrists instead.

He said if he can’t have me, he doesn’t want (6)

— Brie 🐶 (@meowmeowmeow07) May 15, 2019

to live. I was 17 years old. My parents who found out about my abortion and what he had done to me banned him from my house. For 10 years after, he stalked me. He showed up at my work. He knew how to get my new cell phone number I constantly had to change because of him. (7)

— Brie 🐶 (@meowmeowmeow07) May 15, 2019

The manipulative boyfriend pulled a knife on her when she initiated a breakup, and proceeded to stalk her for a decade after she dumped him. The only thing that stopped him from staying on her trail was a full-on arrest from the police.

It was only when the police arrested him for stalking that he left me alone. I thank God everyday that I don’t have his child. That he wasn’t allowed to “lock me in.” He is a psychopath and I would hate myself if I had brought an actual living and breathing child into this (8)

— Brie 🐶 (@meowmeowmeow07) May 15, 2019

world with him as their father. I believe he would have killed us.

I’ve never spoken on this publicly. It has caused me pain and embarrassment, but if my story helps one person out there, then that means more to me than my pain. This is bigger than I am. (9)

— Brie 🐶 (@meowmeowmeow07) May 15, 2019

She went on to share that she fully believes if she had given birth, he would have had more legal leeway to trap her in his life, and eventually she believes that would have led to him killing both her and the child.

Brie revealed that this was the first time she's shared her story publicly, and while it's terrifying to open herself up like this, it's worth it if it makes one woman or girl feel less alone in their situation.

To the girls and women in Ohio, Georgia and Alabama and more states to come, I am with you. I will never stop fighting for your rights as a HUMAN. Stay strong and never be ashamed of who you are and what you do with your own body. (10)

— Brie 🐶 (@meowmeowmeow07) May 15, 2019

Other people jumped onto the thread to commend Brie's openness and share similar stories of their own.

Omg! When I was 15, my abusive ex also intentionally impregnated me. Told everyone he did it on purpose so that no one else would want me 🤮 She’s 10 now, and i love her dearly! He’s off somewhere not paying child support or contributing to her life what-so-ever.

— Me✨ (@MarissaAnnYO) May 16, 2019

& while I did not personally chose to have an abortion, I would NEVER try to make that choice for another girl, teenager or woman.

— Me✨ (@MarissaAnnYO) May 16, 2019

I’ve literally been through it all. DV, teen pregnancy, being a single mom, an abortion, a devastating miscarriage, Long term BC (IUD), and having three beautiful kids :) my husband is fixed now, but you could say I’ve had a LOT of controversial experience 😂

— Me✨ (@MarissaAnnYO) May 16, 2019

A few people also gave shout outs to Brie's ride-or-die friend, who drove her to the appointments and remained a rock.

Yup, that's an awesome friend.

— seegray (@seegrayw) May 17, 2019

Women should never feel like they have to air out their personal stories for the sake of humanizing a decision. But I do hope that as more women open up, more people listen, and others feel less alone.

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