Take action to help ensure young people's health and rights. Ambassadors work across campuses and communities throughout the U. Abortion Stories Diann Sharing abortion stories is an opportunity to not only inform people of what happened in the past, but to warn about what women might be facing in the future if abortion is no longer a Constititional right, or at the least, legal in some states.
I got pregnant in December I was an 18 year old college freshman, a virgin, with very little sexual experience. I knew I was pregnant within a very few weeks. I tried to find a doctor who would help me find abortion services. I must have gone to a half-dozen doctors between Ludington and Muskegon before I gave up. These doctors all responded differently to meβsome kindly, others gruffly, and one became so outraged that he chased me from his office. Quite honestly, I was despairing.
She saw me undressing and immediately recognized that I was pregnant. She bluntly asked what I wanted to do about it. I told her the truth: I was pregnant by somebody that refused to take any of the responsibility, including financial, and that I wanted an abortion. Thankfully, she told me she would help me figure it out. My sister came back about a week later with an appointment with Adrienne the Adrienne from our group.
That began my journey to New York City for an abortion when I was just about 10 or 11 weeks pregnant. The first stop was to Grand Valley where I met Adrienne. She talked with me about my situation and then set up an appointment with a minister who was part of a clergy consultation service for women seeking abortions. Years later, I found out that this group was part of an international network of of mostly Lutheran and Methodist clergy that helped women obtain safe abortions from licensed medical professionals.
The pastor met with me for about an hour, discussing my options, and then drove me to a warehouse in Grand Rapids that was outfitted with temporary exam rooms. A doctor examined me and then certified that I was pregnant. The experience was difficult. I remember forcing myself not to cry, to say what I thought I needed to say to convince these people that I would get an abortion whether they helped me or not.
