https://padlet.com/lettersfromatexasheartbeat/q7tijkxa7zb6gbum Our bodies, our choice. We tell the stories of people who are affected by the Texas abortion ban because we have heartbeats too. Read our stories and hear our heartbeats. en-us 2021-10-26 19:10:07 UTC 2026-01-04 13:47:29 UTC hello@padlet.com lettersfromatexasheartbeat https://padlet.com/lettersfromatexasheartbeat/q7tijkxa7zb6gbum/wish/1846065101 I am eighteen years old, and I am terrified of getting pregnant. As a college student, I know that is rape a very real possibility, and I am afraid that the current law that allows men to collect bounties on my body and violate my autonomy with impunity will make being raped even more devastating for me. I have dreams. I have plans for my life that I need to accomplish. I want to live a fulfilling, happy life. The life that I want. And that life does not involve dropping every single one of my dreams to have a rapist's baby. That life does not involve being forced to be pregnant. I want to have a choice over my own body, and I want my fellow people who can get pregnant to have a choice. The idea of having to give birth to a child that resulted from me being raped makes me deeply angry and sad. I have a life, and I'm sick of having to worry about being trapped by an unwanted pregnancy. This abortion ban is a ban on my dreams.]]> 2021-10-26 19:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lettersfromatexasheartbeat/q7tijkxa7zb6gbum/wish/1846065101