Press Statements

  • Joanna

    When I was 16 I cheated on my boyfriend and got pregnant. I had no idea as I was just a kid and didn’t really keep track of my periods.

  • Olivia

    On Wednesday, July the 23rd, my SO (22) went with me (21) to Women’s Med in Indianapolis for a small blood test, Ultrasound and to ‘explore’ our options.

  • Anonymous

    my mother got pregnant at 15, became a mom at 16 through bad choices, at 16 i became pregnant too. i knew i didn’t want to keep this baby, i…

  • Anonymous

    I am 27. I had no idea I was pregnant. I was still getting a period. Then all of a sudden, I didn’t for a month. I took 5 pregnancy…

  • Anonymous

    I could not believe how ignorant I had acted in thinking “it will never happen to me.” At 20 years old and a junior in college, I found out I…

  • 2014 Election Recap: The Good, the Bad, and the Hideously Ugly

    by Abbey Marr, Reproductive Justice Fellow No doubt about it, last Tuesday’s results were tough to take. We’re painfully aware of the ways that the 114th Congress can have a serious…

  • Kara

    I had an abortion at 16 which I paid for with my own money.

  • Anonymous

    I learned I was pregnant in November of 2013. At the time I was a full-time student at Reed College in Portland, studying Latin and Greek as a Classics major.

  • “A Very Queer Love Letter to Alabama”

    Foster, a state activist and a member of Advocates for Youth’s Media Team, wrote this excellent piece for AL.com:   “When Adam and I worked to organize and mobilize for…