Press Statements

I am a rapid cycling bipolar who had an abortion due to going completely off meds.

It was 1973, I was a 23 year old mother of 2, attending school and working. When I discovered I was pregnant.

I discovered I was pregnant 3 weeks after I was arrested by the police and had hit rock bottom with my addiction.

I was in my early thirties, recently divorced and seeing a much younger man. I was depressed.

My husband and I experienced two miscarriages, so we were both excited and apprehensive.

I was 35. I’d never been pregnant, and always been pretty good about using protection with sex.

In 1974, Illinois had become one of a handful of states that had legalized abortion.

I was 19 when I had an abortion.

I was 15 when I found out I was pregnant. I couldn’t understand it, how the hell could this have happened to me?