Radio Scripts

"Haunted for Life"

Woman 1: I feel empty inside...

Woman 2: Days would come...

Woman 3: They said, "don't dwell in the past."

Woman 2: ... And days would go...

Woman: 1: ... a shell of a person.

Woman 2: ... But I would never change.

Woman 3: They said, "forget it and get on with your life."

Woman 1: I felt like I didn't deserve love.

Woman 2: I'd look inside...

Woman 3: "What are you so sad about?" they'd say.

Woman 1: He couldn't understand.

Woman 2: ... I tried to find the person I was...

Woman 3: Society doesn't want you to grieve.

Woman 2: ... But that person I was... was gone.

Woman 1: It's like there's a hole in my soul...

Woman 2: I wasn't there anymore...

Woman 1: A hole nothing can fill.

Woman 2: ... Not the me that was.

Woman 3: Everyone thinks it should all be over by now. But it isn't.

Anncr: Something inside of you dies after an abortion. If you're suffering because of an abortion, you may feel alone. But you're not. There are people who understand and can help. Call 1-888-456-HOPE.

Woman 1: The permanence of it...

Woman 3: It's not over. Not for me.

Woman 1: ... it's something only a mother could understand...

Woman 2: I don't know if it'll ever be over.

Woman 1: .. Only I never got to be one.

Anncr: Don't suffer alone. Call 1-888-456-HOPE. A message from Project Rachel.

"Relief Becomes Loss"

Woman 1: At first it was a relief...

Woman 2: After it was over, I felt things would be better...

Woman 3: It was like this burden... was lifted.

Woman 1: And then...

Woman 2: Then it happened.

Woman 3: I got hit, hard...

Woman 1: I had this unbelievable sadness.

Woman 2: I just started crying...

Woman 3: Like losing a child...

Woman 1: I was so alone...

Woman 2: I felt stranded...

Woman 3: I had nightmares...

Woman 1: They tell you it's a relief.

Woman 2: Stranded on this island by myself.

Woman 3: Nightmares all the time.

Woman 1: It was a relief for awhile...

Woman 2: I was OK for a while.

Woman 1: But now it's been years ... years of this.

Anncr: Something inside of you dies after an abortion. If you're suffering because of an abortion, you may feel alone. But you're not. There are people who understand and can help. Call 1-888-456-HOPE.

Woman 1: I wanted a quick solution...

Woman 2: I wanted everything to be OK...

Woman 3: I did it to have a future...

Woman 1: But this isn't a solution .

Woman 3: And now I don't feel like I have a future at all.

Anncr: Don't suffer alone. Call 1-888-456-HOPE. A message from Project Rachel.

"Everyone said..."

Woman 1: Everyone said it was OK...

Woman 2: I had a life...

Woman 1: Everything around me said it was OK.

Woman 3: They said it was a choice...

Woman 2: I had a career...

Woman 3: ... but I didn't really feel like I had one.

Woman 1: I was looking outside for answers....

Woman 2: I didn't want to mess it all up.

Woman 3: I went on remote control.

Woman 1: ... I can see that now.

Woman 2: I didn't want things to change...

Woman 3: It wasn't the real "me" that went that day.

Woman 2: ... But they changed in ways I never wanted.

Woman 1: It's like I got a "yes" from everyone else.

Woman 3: I just went numb.

Woman 1: Later I looked, I mean inside.

Woman 2: I can't seem to change it back now.

Woman 3: They said it was "simple." It's not.

Woman 1: I never really got a "yes" from me...

Woman 2: The life I had... is gone.

Woman 3: Sometimes I wish I could just stay numb.

Anncr: Something inside of you dies after an abortion. If you'resuffering because of an abortion, you may feel alone. But you're not. There are people who understand and can help. Call 1-888-456-HOPE.

Woman 3: They said it was easy...

Woman 2: Why do I still feel this way?

Woman 1: Why am I still hurting?

Woman 3: Not one single day's easy for me.

Anncr: Don't suffer alone. Call 1-888-456-HOPE. A message from Project Rachel.

"Struggle"

Woman 1: I just surrendered...

Woman 2: I didn't want to hurt anyone.

Woman 3: My boyfriend, he didn't understand...

Woman 1: It was this incredible struggle.

Woman 2: I didn't want to hurt my parents.

Woman 3: He said, "It's your decision."

Woman 1: And my baby and I lost...

Woman 2: I thought my parents would kill me.

Woman 3: "Your decision." His code for "do it!"

Woman 1: I was too tired to fight.

Woman 2: I didn't want to hurt anybody...

Woman 3: "What are you gonna do?" he'd say. Not him....

Woman 2: ... But I ended up really hurting myself...

Woman 3: "Come on!" he goes, "Yes, or no?"

Woman 2: Everyone ended up getting hurt.

Woman 3: "Let's go," he says, "Yes, or no, yes or no?"

Woman 1 : I just wanted to disappear...

Anncr: Something inside of you dies after an abortion. If you're suffering because of an abortion, you may feel alone. But you're not. There are people who understand and can help. Call 1-888-456-HOPE.

Woman 1: You make a choice...

Woman 3: What they didn't tell me...

Woman 1: And you live with it...

Woman 3: ... was that the "yes" was so... forever.

Woman 1: ... Or you die with it a little everyday.

Anncr: Don't suffer alone. Call 1-888-456-HOPE. A message from Project Rachel.