Press Statements

I was 20-years old when I found out I was 5 weeks pregnant. I hadn’t been with the father very long, and while I was crazy about him, we weren’t…

I was 21 when a routine physical showed I was pregnant. I was on the Depo shot and in a committed relationship. I was also going to college full time and…

In 1974 I found my twenty year old self alone and pregnant. I was in my senior year of college in Chicago and applying to graduate school.

It was August. I remember because we were camping with the kids. My belly had a strange feeling to it; puffy but not gas. I had had that before- 10,…

I was irresponsible. End of story. I wish that I had more guidance from my mother or doctors on which type of birth control would have best for me, i.e.-…

I was 18 and in my first semester of college. I had met my first real boyfriend earlier that year, so I actually had a date for prom! (I didn’t…

I studied political science in college, and somewhere along the way I chose choice as my main issue.

I had an abortion in the late 1970’s. I was typical of teenagers of that time, living for the moment.

I found out I was pregnant again when my son was 7 months old. I was heartbroken.