![]() It’s really terrifying to think about,” she says.Ībortions don’t have to be traumatic. "I just think of all the women who are going to suffer (and) have children they don’t want to have, who are likely going to be stuck in a cycle of poverty because of the government. Sánchez says this political moment feels "very triggering," but hopes in sharing her experience, people will talk more about what it actually means for a woman's right to choose. But she would do it all over again: "I believe the procedure saved me." ![]() It was, without a doubt, the worst experience of my life," she writes. "I will never pretend my abortion was easy. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court last month, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion, the "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" author tells USA TODAY it made her feel physically ill, that it was a "really hard blow." In Sánchez's new memoir in essays, "Crying in the Bathroom" (Viking, 256 pp., out now ), she details the difficult experience and how the pregnancy, paired with debilitating depression, made her feel suicidal. It doesn't have to be that extreme, but for a lot of people it is." "The abortion was a life-saving measure for me. Sánchez is "almost certain" had she not gotten an abortion years ago, she would have killed herself. ![]() Mexican American writer and National Book Award finalist Erika L. ![]()
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