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Pressure from Parents: Jasmine’s Story

Legal help for minors being pressured into an abortion Jasmine was 19 years old when she found out she was pregnant. At the time she was getting ready to graduate high school and go to college. “I told my mom I was pregnant first. I had a feeling she was thinking I should get an abortion, but it was my dad that really […]

Mom Who Chose Life as a Teen Now Works in the Pro-Life Movement

Caitlyn Dixson graduated from college a year early with a double major. For the past six months, she has served as the executive director of Iowa Right to Life where she has utilized her political experience to lobby at the capitol for pro-life laws. These would be impressive feats for anyone, but for Dixson, she […]

16-Year-Old with Pregnancy Complications — “The Doctor Told Me They Could Just Let My Baby Die”

I found out I was pregnant shortly before I turned 16. I went to a pregnancy center to find out. My boyfriend, who I loved and believed I was going to marry, went with me. A different person walked out. He wasn’t ready and didn’t want a baby. He told me an abortion would be best. My […]

19, Married, and Financially Stable — My Doctor Told Me My Planned Pregnancy Was a HUGE Mistake

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 […]

17, Pregnant, and Terrified — “Our Parents Told Us We Were Ruining Our Lives”

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, […]

I Was a Teen Mom – My Doctor Told Me My Pregnancy Was a Huge Mistake.

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 […]

A Daughter’s Thank You Note to her Parents Who Chose Life as Teens is Going Viral

Live Action News – A Facebook post with a pro-life spin is getting a lot of attention – including over 160,000 likes and nearly 14,000 shares. Love What Matters shared the story of a young family who, when life could have knocked them down, stood together and triumphed over fear. “We made it TOGETHER,” writes the young girl […]

A Teen Mom Speaks: Your Life Isn’t Over

This piece originally appeared on Secular Pro-Life’s blog and was written Erica Shupe. You wake up in the morning just like any other morning, but this morning turns different quickly. This morning you are stuck with an overwhelming feeling that you are about to vomit and you don’t know why. The smell of the eggs you’re cooking for […]

How Coffee With a Stranger Changed My Life

30 years ago I was already the single mother of a nine-year-old daughter that I had at age 17, and not making great choices in my life. I found myself pregnant once again as a 26 year old, and the father of the baby made it abundantly clear that he wanted no part of that […]