I was seven weeks pregnant and spent $2,000 flying to another country for the procedure.
I remember wanting to vomit as the plane took off. I felt anxious; this was not a situation I expected to find myself in. I closed my eyes, adding up how much the trip was costing me—the flight, the hotel and the procedure itself had set me back around $2,000. I would be burdened with more credit card debt but I was still immensely grateful to be on a plane to New York City, where I would be able to have an abortion.
I had always used contraception religiously since my first sexual encounter. Yet I found myself sitting on the edge of a bed and swearing profusely about a broken condom. I called one of my colleagues—a registered nurse who had traveled from the U.S. to Rwanda with a trove of medication—and asked if she had any emergency contraception on her shelves. Thankfully, she did.
Thankful for my credit card, regular income, and an immigration status that allowed me to travel to the U.S. without having to apply for a visa, I made all of my bookings, took time off work, and I was in New York City within what was probably just two weeks but felt like an eternity. When I woke up, I sat with a group of women—all of us in light-colored hospital gowns— and sipped orange juice from a plastic cup. I returned to my hotel, feeling woozy but relieved. A week later, I was back in Kigali and getting on with my life.
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