Stories
Lourdes’ Story
Lourdes discovered she was pregnant at a migrant worker camp in the Pacific Northwest. An illegal alien and the mother of four children under the age of ten, she didn’t know where to turn. During the day she and her husband worked in the fields picking strawberries while their children were tutored by someone’s grandmother Read More
Jenny’s Story
Jenny was 17 years old when she got pregnant. She lived in a small town and went to a small high school where everyone knew everybody else’s business. To this day, she professes a great deal of pride that she was able to guard her secret as well as she did. Jenny came from a fairly Read More
Brenda’s Story
Brenda was born to a single mother and raised primarily by her grandparents. Her mother suffered from mental illness and told Brenda as a young child that her father had been killed in a car accident and that she was an unplanned, but pleasant surprise. As a teenager, Brenda discovered that her father, who Read More
Angela’s Story*
*all names and identifying details have been changed to protect the identity of the individuals. Angela and her husband were raising two healthy boys when they found out they were expecting another baby. When they scheduled the first ultrasound, Angela’s husband wasn’t able to join her because of his busy schedule as a new physician. Read More
Hannah’s Story, Part One*
*all names and identifying details have been changed to protect those interviewed. Hannah was a 22, a recent college graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in biology, and she needed a job. The first several months after graduation were spent diligently looking for jobs, but it seemed that in order to do anything with her degree, Read More