Press Statements

  • Nancy

    I am 60 years old and have had 4 abortions. Each experience was different and for different reasons, which were deeply personal. Yes, it was sad and emotional but I’m…

  • Lauren

    I was 21 years old, living in New York City on my own, and dating a guy named Nathan how was a few years older than I was. Nathan was…

  • Anonymous

    The woman who held my hand while the procedure was happening was the first person to be nice to me since I’d found out I was pregnant.

  • Cathy

    When I was in my mid-30s, I got pregnant unexpectedly. I was unmarried and wasn’t in a long-term relationship. I was working full-time but wasn’t earning a great deal of…

  • Anonymous

    18 years old, middle of my senior year, I found out that I was pregnant. My boyfriend and I had used a condom and it broke. I immediately went and…

  • Jeannie

    In 1970, at the age of 21, the most traumatic event of my life was learning that I was pregnant. I was living alone in Nashville to be close to…

  • All Young People Have the Right to Lead Safe and Healthy Lives

    The death of Michael Brown represents only one small piece of the systemic injustice and violence that all too frequently cause young people, particularly young men of color, irreparable harm…

  • Harmony

    I was 23 and in a new relationship with a man that I already thought I would marry, but we had been together only two months when we had a…

  • Anonymous

    I had an abortion when I was 20 years old. I was in my sophomore year of college and my boyfriend had just broken up with me.