In a few weeks, on October 6, Irene Vilar will publish her memoir: "Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict". The book focuses on her struggles with childbearing, and the fifteen abortions she had in sixteen years. She concentrates on the issues she dealt with at this time in her life, what the addiction felt like, her reasons for the procedures, and how it affected her emotions.

It is not until now that Vilar has seriously considered the repercussions of the book. Focusing on such a highly controversial issue as abortion, Vilar is certain that at least one --if not both-- sides of the issue (both pro-choice and pro-life) will construe her story to support their causes. She has made it clear that she is not advocating either side, but rather just telling her story. The life and times of a person and a confession of their own emotions is not always there for a political agenda, but sometimes, just there to be there. Vilar does not want to be made the poster child of any issue, but rather, share her story and the lessons she has learned.

It would be fairly easy for the pro-life campaign to use "Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict" to their advantage. The story is about what her addiction and the depression that it led to. I would not be surprised if pro-life groups used this book to show that abortion can be emotionally damaging and bad. This is not what Vilar wants.

I hope that the story can just be a story, and that whoever reads it can take away from it what they made, and not what others tell them.

Vilar now has two children, ages 3 and 5.(via ABC News)