siobhan, not her real name, is from a conservative part of rural ireland. pregnant early on in a relationship, she decided to try the pills. myself and my partner, you know, kind of weighed up the pros and cons of either becoming parents or deciding against it. and ultimately we decided that the relationship was too young. but with no doctor to consult, siobhan researched abortion pills on the web. i had read online and i had listened to women's personal stories on youtube and stuff like that, and a lot of people had mentioned that it was nothing more than a bad period and stuff like that. the second set of pills, after about half an hour, i started to get very severe cramping. the cramping kind of came first and then the blood started coming. and i did, like, i had laid towels and stuff on my bed but i soaked through all of them while i was asleep. i did have to get up a few times during the night to change my bed sheets, because they had soaked all the way through. yes, there was a lot of blood involved. siobhan kept her ordeal to herself until she became