Being a Teen Mom and Having an Abortion: Meet Destiny
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...
Crisis Pregnancy Centers and Forced Birth: Meet Gabriela
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...
Hopelessness and Fear of Family: Meet Nicole
*Nicole called me near the end of my hotline shift. I remember how well spoken and scared she sounded as she whispered into the phone. In just a few sentences she explained that she was 17, about six weeks pregnant, and her mother would beat her and disown her if...
Abortion and Religious Coercion: Meet Zoey
*Zoey, a quiet and smart 17 year-old girl from a small town in Texas called the hotline when she was just two weeks along in her pregnancy. “I can only talk at night,” she told me, “so I’m really glad your hotline is 24/7.” Zoey was calling from her mother’s phone...From the Blog
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