Wan (a pseudonym) is studying at a university in the south. Wan is pregnant with her boyfriend who works in another province, and he travels to the province where Wan studies periodically. After learning that Wan was pregnant, her boyfriend distanced himself and changed his phone number, making it impossible to contact him.
Wan decided to terminate the pregnancy because she is still studying, has no income, and is currently in her final year internship before graduation. She called the unplanned pregnancy counseling line. The staff explained how to calculate the gestational age, which turned out to be 10 weeks, and provided options. When Wan confirmed that she wanted to terminate due to educational reasons, the staff recommended going to a safe service provider.
After contacting the agency, there was a cost of 2,800 baht. Wan’s money was only enough for daily expenses and dorm fees. She didn’t tell her parents about the pregnancy, so she didn’t dare to ask for money. Wan thought that during her internship, she would receive some daily allowance from the company, so she planned to save up and wait until the internship was over before receiving services from the agency she contacted. After 6 weeks of internship, Wan contacted the service provider again and found out that they could only provide services up to 12 weeks of pregnancy because it was not a hospital.
Wan decided to search for information on the internet and found that abortion pills were being sold for 500-600 baht each. When she called, the person on the other end said that for a 16-week pregnancy, it would cost more than 5,000 baht. When Wan mentioned she only had 3,000 baht, the person said she could buy just 6 pills. Wan felt uneasy and unsure, so she called the unplanned pregnancy counseling line again. Wan was referred to a hospital for safe services, and the counseling line contacted a fund to help with the insufficient expenses.
She regretted letting the problem drag on without addressing it promptly and learned that she should take the issues more seriously. She felt lucky that she didn’t risk buying the pills herself. She thanked the staff for their help and thought that once she graduated and found a job, she would repay the fund that assisted her…