Becoming a mother broke me. I learned how tenuous life can be and how overwhelmingly parenthood changes and consumes a birther's entire life. The impact of bearing, birthing, and raising a child on birthing people is enormous. All people with a uterus have a right to agency and informed consent to enter parenthood. No one should be forced into such a dangerous, physically and mentally dominating experience. The risks are real, the stakes are high, and the impacts are permanent. Anyone who does not feel they are able to continue a pregnancy should have access to quality, safe reproductive medical care in the form of evidence-based methods, quality research, and medical abortion.