More than 20 years ago I had an ectopic pregnancy. I didn’t know I was pregnant before arriving at the hospital. This is important because in today’s world, if I had known, I would find a hospital in Illinois. I went to the hospital thinking I had an infection in my fallopian tubes. I had this infection previously and the symptoms seemed similar. I went to the emergency room. They gave me a penicillin shot and as I was dressing to leave, they informed me I was pregnant. This is when the nightmare began. I freaked out because at the time I was a full-time student and working full-time. My husband and I didn’t know if wanted a family, let alone start one now. The hospital did an external ultrasound and couldn’t find the baby and then did an internal one with the same result. At this point, I’m bleeding a lot and in the worst pain in my life. However, since I was pregnant, they wouldn’t give me anything but Tylenol for the pain. They wouldn’t treat me until they could find the baby. They were going to send me home! This was a Saturday, and they wanted me to return on Monday. My MIL stepped in and demanded they reach out to the on-call OBGYN. She wouldn’t allow them to discharge me. This all happened under Roe v Wade. Today, they would send me home and she couldn’t stop them. I had emergency surgery later that day because my tube had burst. The OBGYN said he’d never seen so much blood. My MIL saved my life, but it was the law that allowed her to. Now, as pass the Vote No on 3 signs, I silently tell myself that those people want me dead. I re-live this day every morning and evening as I walk my dog. Putting the abortion decision back to the States puts people in my situation in danger. I didn’t know I was pregnant; I wouldn’t have thought of going to Illinois to be treated. Vote Yes on 3.