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“I was raped by a stranger and resulted in a pregnancy.”
“It is for the best. I am done having children.”
“I didn't feel any remorse until I was married and had my first child at age 30. ”
“I may have not been "ready" to be a Mother, let alone do it alone.”
“The doctors where kind and understanding, it was with their advice that we decided to abort. It was to much of a risk in my medical condition.”
“My right to choice saved my life.”
“I lost the the chance to have a child.”
“As much as I wanted my baby, I would have been disowned.”
“It's been 3 months and it feels as if it happened yesterday.”
“I was mentally unfit to raise a child or carry it to term and give it away.”
“I am so thankful for Planned Parenthood and for abortion providers everywhere.”
“My late-term abortion saved our daughter’s life.”
“The right to choose should be every woman's right. ”
“This is one of the hardest things.”
“ IT WAS MY CHOICE THIS TIME”
“Pregnant, 5 weeks found out yesterday.”
“It's the unnecessary and inaccurate shame many women feel afterwards that motivates me to want to tell my story.”
“There I was in a "third world country" and I received a safe abortion.”
“If abortion had not been an option for us, I wouldn't be in school now.”
“I always wanted a baby....Then I got pregnant at 22 and I wasn't ready.”
“Almost daily I think about how my life should be different.”
“I am confident that my decision saved our relationship and our futures. ”
“I wasn't ready for that responsibility, I was still a child myself and I still am now.”
“I do not feel depressed about what I have done.”
“I never felt haunted by my decision in any way or wondered if I had made a mistake.”
“If I did not have the strong support structure that I have with my family, I would have had an abortion.”
“How can I regret something that has allowed me to have all that I am blessed with today?”
“A woman's right to choose is a paramount issue facing our society today.”
“For better or worse my abortions changed my life.”
“I have always wanted a family, but I knew my partner wasn’t ready and I didn’t know if he was the guy to have a child with.”
“I have no doubt I made the right decision for my family and the children I already had. ”
“I decided to get an abortion and to dedicate the remainder of my life to being a better person.”
“Without an abortion, I would not have been able to finish my education or have a successful career.”
“After all the pain from the pills have passed, nothing hurts more then when I think again of the what ifs.”
“I regret putting myself and my baby in this situation. ”
“My abortion was not a big deal except that it contributed to my ability to continue to have the life I always dreamed of. ”
“Yes I did what was best in the situation but I never wanted to make that decision. I don't know of anyone who ever has.”
“So grateful to have access and options and to know that starting a family is something I get to do on my terms.”
“I felt guilty about aborting my baby.”
“I am ashamed to say that I was in such shock that I numbly allowed my doctors and husband to make my decision for me to end the pregnancy.”
“I was treated with respect and compassion and have not experienced one moment of regret.”
“People tell me those who have abortions have emotional, guilty issues... but for me I have emotional, guilty issues of my own. ”
“I have never had any regrets or and went on to have a normal pregnancy some years later. I am very thankful for my abortion, I believe my life would have been radically different – and worse – without it. ”
“There was no question in my mind that having a baby would have been an incredibly selfish thing to do.”
“My only regret is that it was illegal at the time.”
“No regrets--I felt mature and responsible. I had no illusions about what it would be like to have a baby at 17.”
“I hate the idea of abortion, but I hate the idea that women could be forced to have babies against their will so much more.”
“I did not want to start graduate school pregnant. It would have been too stressful for me and my child. ”
“I think of my daughter and what would have happened if our lives had been connected to this monster, through a child, for life. ”
“I asked my 3 weeks old baby for forgiveness, but I didn´t wanted to submit her/him to a life of abuse from my parents or a life in the streets.”
“ I wish I had been strong enough to raise my children.”
“I was glad this service was available for me. ”
“ I wouldn't have graduated had I not sought & acquired an illegal abortion.”
“I felt a deep bond with my child, and I didn't think I had the right to take someone else's life.”
“ Now I'm 51, never had a child, but I have no regrets on what I did.”
“If life is precious then that should mean the life you can give that child should be taken into consideration.”
“I cried every day... Completely scared, feeling alone, depressed and anxious the appointment arrived.”
“I am sad that women still have to jump through so many hoops. It feels as if it is even more difficult now.”
“ I had a safe abortion without harassment & support of my family.”
“I honestly don't know how I feel now about having had an abortion so many years ago. I do know it's all wrapped up in shame. Back then, nice girls didn’t have sex. Back then nice girls did not get pregnant.”
“This decision was difficult enough -why did I have the added pressure of a deadline hanging over me??”
“There was no way to save the fetus and if it was not removed immediately the woman would bleed to death. The woman who already had two younger children at home was not in a position to die for her unborn child as she was needed to care for her born children. The woman chose the therapeutic abortion.”
“Thank God I was early enough in my pregnancy that they could not detect a heart beat at the planned parenthood. ”
“I decided to give the baby up for adoption. I had no attachment to him--I didn't even know the father.”
“I regret having put myself in the situation of having to have an abortion, but I do not regret the decision to do so.”
“I'm happy I had a legal way to have a simple medical procedure done safely. ”
“It allowed me to prioritize my life, my future.”
“I'm so very grateful that abortion was an option for me when I needed it. ”
“It is her choice & I respect that.”
“I couldn't bring a baby into this world knowing the baby's father beat me and wouldn't have a good life.”
“What was sad is that I wasn't in the position to want and welcome a child.”
“I was just a woman making a decision about her own body and future. ”
“I don't necessarily agree with abortion but I can certainly understand why we have them.”
“Having an abortion was the best decision I ever made, and I don't regret it.”
“I knew I wanted to have kids with him one day, just not that day.”
“I knew that my home was barely safe enough for me so it certainly was no place to raise a child.”
“Everybody has the right to life. Even tiny bodies.”
“I knew the baby's health was compromised.”
“To this day, I am still angered by the public shaming that still goes on about abortion. ”
“My boyfriend and I knew some things for certain: we wanted to finish college, get married, and have kids someday. Someday. Not then.”
“I wanted a baby like a lot of new brides. I just needed time to get my life back on track.”
“I knew I was having an abortion and needed support.”
“I don't regret my choice just the fact I had to make that choice. ”
“It was the most painful thing physically and mentally that I have ever endured.”
“ We must never, never, go back to those days of illegal abortions.”
“My body, my life, my choice!”
“I was distraught, confused and afraid - how can I be pregnant with just one time.”
“Our country must never go back to those horrible days.”
“I started an abortion fund because who will help us, if not us.”
“I cry on Mother's Day and look with envy on all the mothers who receive flowers and cards from their children.”
“The only sad thing about this decision was that I was so sure of it.”
“If you're pregnant, cherish your pregnancy and child.”
“I decided to do what I thought was humane.”
“I was in a bad situation with financial troubles and a bad boyfriend.”
“I was ushered into a room to be told my baby was being kept alive by my body.”
“I regret having to make the decision to abort my child but I do not regret the decision I made.”
“I knew I wasn't in the right place to love and support a child the way they deserve.”
“I was glad that I could have a safe and legal abortion in the state of California.”
“The hardest thing I've ever done, but I have no regrets and peace in my heart. ”
“I did not think I had a choice because I always believed abortion was wrong, but I did not want a child. ”
“This was our first and last parenting decision for this child.”
“I felt this kinship with the baby in the womb. ”
“We can be courageous pro-life warriors in love. ”
“I had to do what I had to do to survive.”
“In my heart, I know it’s the right choice.”
“I’m 17 and I’m having a little girl. ”
“I was not ready to become a parent.”
“For me, and my children, and my life, this is the best decision for us.”
“I was hurting, I was broken, I was filled with shame and guilt. ”
“I’m not financially set to have a child.”
“There’s no way I can physically carry a baby and work. ”
I felt like I had no one to talk to and that I had to act like nothing happened.
I was raped by a stranger and resulted in a pregnancy.
It is for the best. I am done having children.
I didn't feel any remorse until I was married and had my first child at age 30.
I may have not been "ready" to be a Mother, let alone do it alone.
The doctors where kind and understanding, it was with their advice that we decided to abort. It was to much of a risk in my medical condition.
My right to choice saved my life.
I lost the the chance to have a child.
As much as I wanted my baby, I would have been disowned.
It's been 3 months and it feels as if it happened yesterday.
I was mentally unfit to raise a child or carry it to term and give it away.
I am so thankful for Planned Parenthood and for abortion providers everywhere.
My late-term abortion saved our daughter’s life.
The right to choose should be every woman's right.
This is one of the hardest things.
IT WAS MY CHOICE THIS TIME
Pregnant, 5 weeks found out yesterday.
It's the unnecessary and inaccurate shame many women feel afterwards that motivates me to want to tell my story.
There I was in a "third world country" and I received a safe abortion.
If abortion had not been an option for us, I wouldn't be in school now.
I always wanted a baby....Then I got pregnant at 22 and I wasn't ready.
Almost daily I think about how my life should be different.
I am confident that my decision saved our relationship and our futures.
I wasn't ready for that responsibility, I was still a child myself and I still am now.
I do not feel depressed about what I have done.
I never felt haunted by my decision in any way or wondered if I had made a mistake.
If I did not have the strong support structure that I have with my family, I would have had an abortion.
How can I regret something that has allowed me to have all that I am blessed with today?
A woman's right to choose is a paramount issue facing our society today.
For better or worse my abortions changed my life.
I have always wanted a family, but I knew my partner wasn’t ready and I didn’t know if he was the guy to have a child with.
I have no doubt I made the right decision for my family and the children I already had.
I decided to get an abortion and to dedicate the remainder of my life to being a better person.
Without an abortion, I would not have been able to finish my education or have a successful career.
After all the pain from the pills have passed, nothing hurts more then when I think again of the what ifs.
I regret putting myself and my baby in this situation.
My abortion was not a big deal except that it contributed to my ability to continue to have the life I always dreamed of.
Yes I did what was best in the situation but I never wanted to make that decision. I don't know of anyone who ever has.
So grateful to have access and options and to know that starting a family is something I get to do on my terms.
I felt guilty about aborting my baby.
I am ashamed to say that I was in such shock that I numbly allowed my doctors and husband to make my decision for me to end the pregnancy.
I was treated with respect and compassion and have not experienced one moment of regret.
People tell me those who have abortions have emotional, guilty issues... but for me I have emotional, guilty issues of my own.
I have never had any regrets or and went on to have a normal pregnancy some years later. I am very thankful for my abortion, I believe my life would have been radically different – and worse – without it.
There was no question in my mind that having a baby would have been an incredibly selfish thing to do.
My only regret is that it was illegal at the time.
No regrets--I felt mature and responsible. I had no illusions about what it would be like to have a baby at 17.
I hate the idea of abortion, but I hate the idea that women could be forced to have babies against their will so much more.
I did not want to start graduate school pregnant. It would have been too stressful for me and my child.
I think of my daughter and what would have happened if our lives had been connected to this monster, through a child, for life.
I asked my 3 weeks old baby for forgiveness, but I didn´t wanted to submit her/him to a life of abuse from my parents or a life in the streets.
I wish I had been strong enough to raise my children.
I was glad this service was available for me.
I wouldn't have graduated had I not sought & acquired an illegal abortion.
I felt a deep bond with my child, and I didn't think I had the right to take someone else's life.
Now I'm 51, never had a child, but I have no regrets on what I did.
If life is precious then that should mean the life you can give that child should be taken into consideration.
I cried every day... Completely scared, feeling alone, depressed and anxious the appointment arrived.
I am sad that women still have to jump through so many hoops. It feels as if it is even more difficult now.
I had a safe abortion without harassment & support of my family.
I honestly don't know how I feel now about having had an abortion so many years ago. I do know it's all wrapped up in shame. Back then, nice girls didn’t have sex. Back then nice girls did not get pregnant.
This decision was difficult enough -why did I have the added pressure of a deadline hanging over me??
There was no way to save the fetus and if it was not removed immediately the woman would bleed to death. The woman who already had two younger children at home was not in a position to die for her unborn child as she was needed to care for her born children. The woman chose the therapeutic abortion.
Thank God I was early enough in my pregnancy that they could not detect a heart beat at the planned parenthood.
I decided to give the baby up for adoption. I had no attachment to him--I didn't even know the father.
I regret having put myself in the situation of having to have an abortion, but I do not regret the decision to do so.
I'm happy I had a legal way to have a simple medical procedure done safely.
It allowed me to prioritize my life, my future.
I'm so very grateful that abortion was an option for me when I needed it.
It is her choice & I respect that.
I couldn't bring a baby into this world knowing the baby's father beat me and wouldn't have a good life.
What was sad is that I wasn't in the position to want and welcome a child.
I was just a woman making a decision about her own body and future.
I don't necessarily agree with abortion but I can certainly understand why we have them.
Having an abortion was the best decision I ever made, and I don't regret it.
I knew I wanted to have kids with him one day, just not that day.
I knew that my home was barely safe enough for me so it certainly was no place to raise a child.
Everybody has the right to life. Even tiny bodies.
I knew the baby's health was compromised.
To this day, I am still angered by the public shaming that still goes on about abortion.
My boyfriend and I knew some things for certain: we wanted to finish college, get married, and have kids someday. Someday. Not then.
I wanted a baby like a lot of new brides. I just needed time to get my life back on track.
I knew I was having an abortion and needed support.
I don't regret my choice just the fact I had to make that choice.
It was the most painful thing physically and mentally that I have ever endured.
We must never, never, go back to those days of illegal abortions.
My body, my life, my choice!
I was distraught, confused and afraid - how can I be pregnant with just one time.
Our country must never go back to those horrible days.
I started an abortion fund because who will help us, if not us.
I cry on Mother's Day and look with envy on all the mothers who receive flowers and cards from their children.
The only sad thing about this decision was that I was so sure of it.
If you're pregnant, cherish your pregnancy and child.
I decided to do what I thought was humane.
I was in a bad situation with financial troubles and a bad boyfriend.
I was ushered into a room to be told my baby was being kept alive by my body.
I regret having to make the decision to abort my child but I do not regret the decision I made.
I knew I wasn't in the right place to love and support a child the way they deserve.
I was glad that I could have a safe and legal abortion in the state of California.
The hardest thing I've ever done, but I have no regrets and peace in my heart.
I did not think I had a choice because I always believed abortion was wrong, but I did not want a child.
This was our first and last parenting decision for this child.
I felt this kinship with the baby in the womb.
We can be courageous pro-life warriors in love.
I had to do what I had to do to survive.
In my heart, I know it’s the right choice.
I’m 17 and I’m having a little girl.
I was not ready to become a parent.
For me, and my children, and my life, this is the best decision for us.
I was hurting, I was broken, I was filled with shame and guilt.
I’m not financially set to have a child.
There’s no way I can physically carry a baby and work.
Tracy Droz Tragos
Producer & Director
Tracy Droz Tragos is an award-winning independent filmmaker. Tragos recently completed the film Abortion: Stories Women Tell, which will premiere on HBO. With Rich Hill, Tragos explored rural poverty through the intimate lens of vulnerable adolescents and their families struggling for a foothold. Rich Hill won the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, was released theatrically in over 95 theaters, and opened the 2015 PBS Independent Lens season. Her first film was Be Good, Smile Pretty, a powerful film about the profound and complicated feelings of loss caused by the deaths of American men in Vietnam, some thirty-five years later. The film aired on PBS’s Independent Lens and won the 2004 Emmy for Best Documentary, as well as the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
In addition to her commercial and commissioned work, Tragos is in development on two independent films that focus on the challenges facing young people in America: from the perspective of a vulnerable teenage mother and her son in the Midwest; and kids confronting a broken U.S. educational system. She also is writing a personal hybrid documentary/narrative film about motherhood and ambition.
Tragos’ work has received support from the Sundance Institute, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, ITVS and others. She is a Film Independent Documentary Lab and Sundance Lab alumna, participating as both a director and producer. Last year, Tragos was one of six filmmakers invited to participate in Sundance’s Women Filmmaking Initiative. She has served on the nominating committee of the IDA Awards and the jury for the Gotham Awards and the Cine Golden Eagle Awards. Tragos holds a B.A. in fiction writing from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. in screenwriting from USC. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters, ages 10 and 7, as well as a German shepherd and a Chihuahua.