The command echoed, laced with challenge: “Open your legs!” The author recounts the chilling memory, “He said in a challenging voice. ‘It will hurt, but you must endure!'” The trauma resurfaced, triggering a flood of tears and a sense of utter chaos. yet,this time,there were supportive voices,reassuring that everything would be alright.

The phrase was repeated: “Open your legs! bid a little.” this moment, however, marked a turning point – the begining of reclaiming a part of herself.

Two months pregnant from “that time” – a first sexual experience marred by refusal, pain, and the “fury of those who do not accept a ‘no’ by response” – the author reflects on the myths surrounding abortion.

A childhood memory surfaces: accompanying her father to town, witnessing a protest with posters proclaiming “no to abortion” and “Do not kill your baby,” accompanied by images of late-term fetuses