Press Statements

I got pregnant at twenty seven. I was in a stereotypical affair with my married best friend, and after years of being as careful as we could be with my…

Conversations about abortion were always something that I avoided. I didn’t want to have the conversation. People can be harsh and hateful when it came to talking about it. I…

I was 24 and just starting my first serious relationship. My boyfriend was the best thing that had ever happened to me in my personal life.

I have been pregnant a total of eight times. I have three children at home, ages 17, 15 and 6. I am raising them in a loving, supportive and financially…

1972 Freedom The summer of my 17th birthday, I became pregnant. My best friend and first feminist sister, Katie Bug, sifted through the ads in the back of the “Rolling…

I was barely 18, and toward the end of completing military training cycle at Fort Sam Houston, TX when I found out I was pregnant. Training can affect a woman’s…

I was 20 when I ended my first pregnancy, my partner 19. We had been together almost three years and were very much in love.

I grew up in a home with a violent, alcoholic father who began to molest me when I was three and frequently, violently raped my mother within my hearing.

I entered Planned Parenthood. Was patted down by the security guard. Admitted to the waiting room. Called into the clinic. Put on a flimsy pastel hospital smock. Treated by very…