Press Statements

Sexual health and reproductive choice advocacy is a huge passion of mine and it all stems from wanting to make sure all women have the same options as I did.

The day I told my parents I thought I might be pregnant remains the worst day of my life. I had been raised Catholic and my mother was very observant.

In 1980 I was a 19 year old college student on the pill & in a committed relationship when I took antibiotics for a sinus infection ; ended up pregnant…

I had missed my period by about 4 days and didn’t think twice just because of how cautious we were being. Well, the symptoms started. Tender breasts, morning nausea, fatigue……

I am a new person now, much stronger and wiser. I don’t feel like I would have been able to do this, or to keep going, if I had been…

I was completely heartbroken and had no idea what to do. I never imagined having an abortion let alone getting pregnant so young. But ultimately that was my decision.

I have submitted this story to shed light on something that we all know to be true but sometimes others forget: a woman’s right to carry her pregnancy to term…

Unable to imagine having a child (who was likely conceived while there were still drugs in my system) at that age, while being under-employed, living with roommates, and unable to…

A few of my friends have been there for me, but if you haven’t gone through it, it’s hard to relate. I’m on the road to making peace about what…