Lisa, a 45-year-old writer, poses for a portrait in her home in Massachusetts
Lisa, a 45-year-old writer, poses for a portrait in her home in, Massachusetts on October 13, 2012. Lisa says she became pregnant and had two abortions when she was in her 30's. “We've been conditioned that there's a certain kind of woman that has an abortion. You know, that it's poor women who have abortions, who just don't want to control their reproductive rights and that those women who have abortions - it's not the more common thing where it's women who do control their reproductive rights. But, things happen. Nothing is 100%. And when nothing is 100% you will have an unplanned pregnancy. I've been in there with married couples, who had too many children and were deciding to terminate because they had four kids or something. And they thought the fifth was too many. It's not what you think it is... We're conditioned that it's bad and we're conditioned that if - how could you let yourself be so stupid to get in that position. What is wrong with you? And, how could you do that?... There was another person there who shares 50% of it and somehow they walk away scott-free... I will always regret not having children... I think when I was pregnant that was probably the right time to have kids. Because children bring a certain clarity to your life. There's a sense of humor and there’s a wisdom to kids that most adults lack... I regret the choices that I made with regard to the men I was with… that’s time that I can't get back. But, I do not regret the decision to terminate those pregnancies. That was the right decision for each one of those pregnancies that was tied to each one of those men,” Lisa said. Picture taken October 13, 2012. REUTERS/Allison Joyce (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY PROFILE)