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  • 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…

  • Jane

    I had one abortion when I was 21. I am now 68. I am a rape survivor.

  • Anonymous

    I was in an abusive marriage with one child already. I can never speak of this as married women are not supposed to get abortions.

  • K

    I’ve been a single mother of two (no support) since 1997. In 2005, I finally made it to college working full-time days and schooling at night.

  • 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.