Christina Dunigan tells the story of a young woman who became pro-life after experiencing her own unplanned pregnancy and seeing her friend forced into abortions.
The author recounts the story of her friend Sherry:
“She had been fifteen years old and living with her mother when she’d gotten pregnant for the first time. She had been helping her mother run a day care center, and she figured if she was caring for all these strangers’ children, she could take care of her own baby, too. Sherri’s mother told her, “I have made an appointment for you at Planned Parenthood. I have $160 to pay for it. You’re getting in the car with me, and I can either take you to Planned Parenthood, or I’ll take you to the bus station and you can buy a one-way ticket to any place that $160 will take you.” Sherri got in the car and went to Planned Parenthood.
….within a few months Sherri was pregnant again. She begged her mother not to take her back to Planned Parenthood. So her mother made an appointment with a private OB/GYN. Sherri had her second unwanted abortion. She bided her time until she was 18, married her boyfriend, and moved out and got pregnant with a baby she could keep.”
So many times abortion is not truly the mother’s “choice.” Rather, they are coerced by their parents, partners, or situation to abort a baby they would rather have.
For more information about coerced abortions, go here.
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