It was 1969. My mom and dad had been married about 15 years, and had a 12 year old daughter. They had decided that they were done having children. My mother went to see her doctor for what she thought may be the flu, but it turned out she was pregnant with me. At 44 […]
Pregnant By Rape, I Knew Abortion Is Murder, by Jane from Jamaica
I first started dating him when I was 18 and he was respectful for the most part. Initially we were just friends and when we were in a relationship, we weren’t intimate at all. We broke up after for a couple of years and started dating again. We became intimate twice, but otherwise, our relationship […]
I Chose Life, So Don’t Punish Me and My Baby for the Sins of the Father, by Aimee Kidd
Just a couple of days ago — the day after the anniversary of my rape, I testified before a House committee in the Wyoming legislature on a bill to protect women like me from their rapist having parental rights. I’m thrilled to report it passed nearly unanimously out of committee, but we still need it […]