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I don’t have a glamorous Hallmark-like story about when I became a mother. It’s not a fairytale by any means. I was heartbroken, hurting, scared, and everything in between. But I fought for my son in more ways than he will ever know. While a lot of friends were celebrating the legal drinking age, I […]
I was 17 when I met him. We worked together at a local store. He was 21 and I was so ecstatic when he asked me out on a date. We quickly began a tumultuous relationship. I was young and so vulnerable. I thought I was so cool for snagging a guy that had his […]
On a cold November morning the bus was parked outside the late term abortion clinic. The parking lot was full of out of town license plates. A truck pulled in with Colorado plates. A young girl got out of the car with an older couple—they all looked scared and confused. On their way into the […]
Live Action News — Tracey Kirby was shocked and excited when she learned she was pregnant with three boys—one singleton and a set of twins. But at 18-19 weeks, doctors found that the twins had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, in which the blood vessels of the twins’ shared placenta are connected, resulting in one twin receiving too much […]
Having journeyed across the ocean, escaping from a world apart from ours, a refugee couple from Afghanistan were facing a new worry. The wife was pregnant, and they had nowhere to turn. But as they drove down a street one day, our vibrant teal van caught their eye as it sat in the empty parking […]
I was suffering from a major case of “pregnancy-phobia.” It was around midnight and I was driving home from a movie when I decided to swing into the Safeway and buy a pregnancy test—just to set my mind at ease. I was embarrassed that the cashier might see me go straight into the bathroom with […]
I was suffering from a major case of “pregnancy-phobia.” It was around midnight and I was driving home from a movie when I decided to swing into the Safeway and buy a pregnancy test—just to set my mind at ease. I was embarrassed that the cashier might see me go straight into the bathroom with […]
I became a mama at 19. I turned 20-years-old fifteen days later, but technically being a teen mother was enough to bring on the disdain of my OB. It didn’t matter to her that I was married, that my daughter was planned and conceived in marriage, or that we were independent and financially stable. All […]
At 17, as a senior in high school, my boyfriend—(who I had only been dating for a month—and I discovered I was pregnant. We had been best friends for six months before dating and knew each other well. We were terrified of our parents telling us we were ruining our lives. Before we got pregnant, […]
Abby drove toward the abortion clinic for the second time in four months. How could this be happening again? She had to keep reminding herself it was just a “clump of cells.” It really was just like any other appointment. “Get in, get out. Clump of cells. Everyone does it.” She drove up, repeating her […]
My name is Louise McLean and I’m a Newfoundland native who lived in Bishop Falls until I was 10 years old. It was at that age my dad got a job out of province and my family moved to British Columbia. I am also a mother from rape. When I was 16, I got my […]
My name is Louise McLean and I’m a Newfoundland native who lived in Bishop Falls until I was 10 years old. It was at that age my dad got a job out of province and my family moved to British Columbia. I am also a mother from rape. When I was 16, I got my […]
