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"My boyfriend and I were in third year on campus, and I had just lost my virginity with him. I was naive and not really enlightened on the use of contraceptives. It was on my birthday that I had unprotected sex with him. Little did I know I would become pregnant on that same day. A month later, I would be holding a positive pregnancy test. I was in great shock; in fact I was trembling. I didn't…"

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Age: 24
Location: Kenya
Date: April 20, 2018

"I had just entered into university, but I had not yet reached eighteen at the time. I was excited about having entered into the school of my choice. I guess I was so excited to be out of my parents’ hold that I threw caution into the wind. I decided to have a friend with benefits. We got tangled up so deep that at some point, we started having raw sex—when we were high on drugs. And…"

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Age: 18
Location: Kenya
Date: June 22, 2016

"I found out I was pregnant on February 4, 2014. I was so scared, and I immediately knew I wanted to have an abortion. I got pregnant with a boy who lived in next door. He was a very very close neighbor and everybody in my family treated him as a brother. When I found out I was pregnant, I felt it was wrong. I was scared how every body else would treat my baby. I don’t have a job. Would…"

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Age: 23
Location: Kenya
Date: May 19, 2015

"I am 20-years-old. I found out I was pregnant and informed my ex-boyfriend hoping he would be happy to become a dad. Instead, he insulted me and told me to get rid of the baby. I was so shocked and didn’t want to kill my unborn child. After a few days, I discovered that he had abandoned his wife and two children and is now a husband to another woman—which pushed me to terminate my…"

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Age: 20
Location: Kenya
Date: November 29, 2014

"It's been 3 years since (my abortion) and time is yet to heal the wound in my heart. I never met that little baby, but I miss him/her so much. I truly wish I kept the baby and don't know how to ever forgive myself for what I did to my unborn child."

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Age: 24
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: September 16, 2013