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[Note: full captions will be added on 3 March] Tamara (name changed), 42 years old, married, 1 child, 1 abortion .I am a doctor. When I was at the end of my sixth year at university, I had an affair with a foreigner. There could be no continuation - in the 90s it was a shame to date someone from another country, he was from Morocco. .Before the summer break I found out I was pregnant. I imagined coming to my small town, where everything is exposed - I feared my parents most, especially how my father would react. The fear of condemnation and guilt haunted me. It is obvious that it was possible to go through, but at that moment I was too childish to fight for something. .I decided to have an abortion. My mom gave me money. I was in doubt. I had an abortion on the 12th week. This is already quite a late term. For me it was murder. ..After the summer holidays, when everyone came back to study, I met this guy. I told him everything. It turned out that he had a girlfriend before me who also had an abortion. For him it was a release or something. He bought me a gift. ..If my mom had supported me, maybe I would've have had the baby. (Tatsiana Tkachova) NO SALES, THIS MATERIAL IS FOR SINGLE USE PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT OR FOR A TEMPORARY ONLINE PUBLICATION, AND MAY BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO PUBLICIZE THE 2020 WORLD PRESS CONTEST AND EXHIBITION. IT MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED AS PART OF AN ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER ITEM THAT CONTAINS NO DIRECT LINK TO WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES. THE PICTURE MAY NOT BE CROPPED OR MANIPULATED IN ANY WAY. KEYSTONE PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO. THE COPYRIGHT IS OWNED BY A THIRD PARTY.