by Janes Due Process | Jun 14, 2017 | Stories from Jane
By Amanda Bennett, Client Services Manager In 2016, Jane’s Due Process connected 182 minors with an attorney to apply for judicial bypass for an abortion in Texas. The stories of these minors – Janes, as we call them because of their legal status as Jane...
by Emily Rooke-Ley | Feb 8, 2016 | Stories from Jane
This piece originally appeared on Generation Progress and can be found here. Editor’s note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of the sources used in this article. Jessica was 16 years old when she discovered she was pregnant and decided she wanted an...
by Emily Rooke-Ley | Sep 24, 2015 | Stories from Jane
At Jane’s Due Process, it’s pretty common to receive calls from teens in high school who are living with their parents in abusive or neglectful homes. Many of these young women are facing enormous uphill battles to simply make it through each day: there is often no...
by Emily Rooke-Ley | Sep 17, 2015 | Stories from Jane
*Talia called in to Jane’s Due Process, like so many others in her position, with an uphill battle ahead of her. With a missing father and an erratic and mercurial mother, Talia, at age 15, was pretty much raising herself. A recent middle school graduate, Talia had...
by Emily Rooke-Ley | Sep 10, 2015 | Stories from Jane
Last year I called the Jane’s Due Process hotline when I found out I was just a few weeks pregnant. I was already a mother to a nine-month-old baby boy and a two-year-old little girl. On top of that, I was a junior in high school and the captain of the track team. I...
by Emily Rooke-Ley | Sep 3, 2015 | Stories from Jane
I’ll never forget *Gabriela. She was exceptionally well-mannered, sweet, and timid. Her voice quivered a bit when she first spoke—no doubt out of nervousness—but aside from that she was very self-assured. Gabriela lived with her grandmother, *Lita, who had raised her...
Crisis Pregnancy Centers: The Truths and the LiesAugust 17, 2017By Literary Women in Action; Image from Bust You might have seen billboards or signs along …
What Happens When You Wait Until College to Talk to Your Mom About SexAugust 9, 2017By Lorraine Garcia I am no stranger to teen pregnancy; in fact, you might say it’s a …
Everything You Didn’t Know About Emergency ContraceptionAugust 4, 2017From Literary Women in Action Sometimes our best plans fall apart. Like when a condom …