Press Statements

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…

Why would I choose to expose a child to such a toxic relationship? He was emotionally abusive and I wanted a better life for myself than that. So I left…

I’m 49 years old, and even though it made me sad to do it, I was also VERY relieved that I could choose about my own body and when to…

I had an abortion. I still wonder what our baby would have been like (we are still together), but I know it wasn’t the right time for me, or for…

When I was in high school my first “real” boyfriend and I would talk about what would happen if I ever got pregnant. Young and in love we agreed we…