A moment that changed me: having an abortion, aged 17 | Tiff Stevenson

Without the right to choose 21 years ago, I wouldn’t be an actor and stand-up now. It breaks my heart to think there are 17-year-olds still denied that choice todayIt was 12.30pm on a Wednesday when it happened. I won’t forget it … ever. It wasn’t quite spring. Rainy and gloomy outside. I’m in my surgical gown waiting in the ward. I see a girl I recognise from a local shop, I go to say hello and then realise the abortion clinic probably isn’t the best place f