It's been two and a half months since the terrifying night I was raped, approximately two months since I discovered I was pregnant, and one month since the day I had an abortion.

In support of Dana DiFilippo's article and in opposition to Tom Evan's letter I'd like to volunteer my personal experience.

I was one of the countless women who have been forced to travel hours (four to be precise) to have an abortion. The emotional trauma I had already suffered from the rape did not need to be accompanied with the fear of figuring out how I was going to get to the health center, how I was going to be able to afford the bus fare in addition to the surgical expenses, and why I had to endure the added pain which I knew would be, and was, intensified because of the long trip home.

It frightens me to think that anti-choice advocates are proud to put women through such a grueling and stressful experience. I spent many nights with tears streaming down my face wondering why I had to encounter so many obstacles.

I hear the anti-choice argument over and over again, "It's killing an unborn child," "Where is the unborn child's choice?" My response is, "What about the woman?" Do any of you anti-choicers know what life-threatening thoughts a woman may have and/or act upon? Does a woman's life have any value in your point of view?

The rape has provided me with enough emotionally devastating effects to overcome, but when I found I was pregnant from such a harrowing ordeal I could only be thankful that the option and choice for an abortion was still available.