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Julia’s Story

My maiden name is Julia Holcomb and I am writing in response to Kevin Burke’s article Post Abortion Trauma from the National Review. I found the article he wrote about Steven Tyler remarkably compassionate while outlining the trauma of abortion. My name was mentioned...

What Is Done Is Done

We had planned everything. We had decided to have this baby. Our baby… I am 18, I just graduated and have already applied and got into the best university of interior architecture. However, we have been talking about this for a few months now. I don’t see myself going...

A Call, No Answer

Dear Becky, I was looking up things on teenage pregnancies and I came across this very insiteful website. I am 18 and 2-days ago I took a pregnancy test that came up positive. When I found out so many thoughts rushed through my head. The first thing I wanted to do...

On With My Life

Having read over many of the letters written by young beautiful girls, I hope that my letter will help. When I found out I was pregnant in 1972, I was 14 years old (I am now 53), abortions were illegal in Michigan. A friend of the family took me to a place where they...

What Have We All Done?

Hi my name is Renee. I was 19 when I found out I was pregnant but my story has a little twist to it. My baby was going to be biracial and my family couldn't deal with that. I'll never forget the day that I took the test. I thought my life was over. My parents kept on...

A Little Heartbeat

My name is Brittany and I am 21 years old. I am a sufferer of Polycistic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and edometrious. I got told when i was 18 that i would never be able to conceive a child naturally. I have just found out that i am 9 weeks pregnant, I went to my first...

I Thought I Was Ready

hi. my name's koda. im 17 years old. i found out i was pregnant around april 2010. me and my bf have been together for 11&1/2 months now. i know this might sound kind of different, but me and my bf planned to have this baby. it started off as something great, and...

Tons And Tons Of Joy

Hello! My name is Carol Anne and I'm 24 years old. Perhaps my problem is not that important compare to other girls, but for me it is, because it's making me very blue. 7 months ago, I was dating a guy and 3 months later, I got pregnant. Honestly, I felt deeply drowned...