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little over a minute into my call with Rachel Mackenzie, one of Britain’s foremost anti-abortion activists, her voice tightens with urgency. “You had the pill last night — you can reverse it,” she tells me.
I have called her helpline to say that I am in early pregnancy and have taken one of two sets of prescribed abortion pills. I explain it is not the right time for me to become a mother, but that I am experiencing some doubts and am looking for advice.
She quickly tells me that having an abortion when she was younger was “the worst decision I ever made in my life”, adding: “I didn’t want to be a mum. I didn’t think I could cope. But abortion didn’t solve that problem for me — it just meant I was a mum to children that aren’t here any more.”
She then gives me the mobile phone number of a doctor who can help me get an “abortion reversal pill”.
