Maggie
In the mid 1990's, I had an unwanted pregnancy. I was living paycheck-to-paycheck. I did not have health insurance, and I was working in a restaurant. My job was physically challenging enough without the burden of pregnancy.
In the mid 1990's, I had an unwanted pregnancy. I was living paycheck-to-paycheck. I did not have health insurance, and I was working in a restaurant. My job was physically challenging enough without the burden of pregnancy.
Shaming, or claiming that a woman must have a child conceived through rape or incest is creating a true living hell for that woman or girl. Please people. Don't tell me what to do until you've walked a mile in my shoes.
Both pregnancies were the result of rape. In both instances I was in such denial about what had happened and about the potential for pregnancy that I did not seek medical attention or counsel until it was almost too late to make a decision about what was going to be happening to my body and to my life.
I am dumbfounded how religion and our government have teamed up to strip the rights from every woman and some women actually, blindly support this endeavor.
It was in the springtime, I was 27 and had just found out I was accepted into a prestigious and extremely competitive college program. The first quarter alone was 26 credits and I would be routinely exposed to hazardous chemicals.