Mindy Woerter of Durham, Maine, 34, is a married mom with two daughters, now 4 and 2 years old. She hopes that by sharing her story of having to end a wanted pregnancy due to medical reasons, she can help reduce the stigma around the procedure so that other women in her situation feel less alone.
When my daughter was a year old, I became pregnant again and had a miscarriage. It was upsetting for us, but gave us hope that maybe it wouldn’t be as hard to get pregnant as it was the first time.
In the ultrasound room, the technician got really quiet. Then she said, ‘I can see what they were talking about, I need to get better images.’ It was such a shock. I thought about my miscarriage and that kind of loss but getting this kind of news and having to make this kind of decision had never crossed my mind. There was more: the doctor explained that if I chose to continue the pregnancy there could be increased risk of infertility or uterine damage if they had to end the pregnancy when I was further along.
We did genetic testing after the abortion and found out the baby was a girl. We named her Sophie Grace. We planted a tree in our backyard to remember her; it’s called Sophie’s Tree. My oldest daughter talks to it and tells it what she is doing.Mindy Woerter holds stuffed animal she bought for her daughter Sophie before the pregnancy was terminatedA month after ending the pregnancy we got a letter from the insurance company saying ‘Your elective abortion is not covered by insurance.
We had the doctor write a letter explaining the pregnancy was nonviable and the risks I would have faced if I continued it. The insurance company wrote back and said, “You don’t qualify for coverage because your life was not in danger.”
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