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"I had a job as a singer/dancer at Six Flags St. Louis. My goal was to gain theme park experience so that I could eventually get a job as a singer/dancer at Disneyland in California, something that I knew I could accomplish. It was only a couple months after working at Six Flags when everything about my body was different, and I just knew that I was pregnant. I took a pregnancy test that week.…"

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Age: 31
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Date: September 8, 2020

"I was a senior at a Christian college. It was February 1989, three months before I was to graduate, when I found out I was pregnant. I was 14-weeks pregnant, and I couldn’t walk across the stage at commencement pregnant. Actually, I would have been kicked out of school long before graduation day had I started showing. I ended up having an abortion, which was a two-day procedure since I was…"

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Age: 53
Location: Oklahoma City
Date: April 5, 2019

"I was 17 when I became pregnant with my boyfriend of 11 months. We are still together, going on two years, and plan on getting married in the next year or two. My heart dropped when I learned that I was pregnant, not only because I am a teenager, but because of my parents. I didn't learn that I was pregnant until about 4-5 weeks into the pregnancy, due to severe sickness. I lost three pounds…"

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Age: 18
Location: Oklahoma
Date: October 7, 2017

"In my early 20's, I married a military man who was about to be deployed overseas. I became pregnant; I had not heard much about abortion. My husband insisted on an abortion because it wasn't the right time to have a baby. He found a clinic; I didn’t know much about them. He drove to the front door and told me to go in and tell them what I wanted. He wouldn't stay. He said he would be back…"

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Age: 59
Location: OKC, OK
Date: September 17, 2016

"I was five weeks when I found out I was pregnant. I knew from the time I found out that I didn't want to go through with the pregnancy. My actual boyfriend was out of town and I had started "seeing" someone while he was away... I called the guy whose baby I was pregnant with and told him. He was very wishy-washy about the situation. One minute he wanted me to keep it; the next minute he was unsure,…"

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Age: 25
Location: Tulsa, OK
Date: September 27, 2014

"I had an abortion on January 28, 2011. I am 35. It was my first pregnancy, I had the abortion at 9 weeks, and it now would have been 21 weeks. Now I find the relationship dissolving... I have always considered myself fiercely independent but somehow I couldn't muster the courage to consider raising a baby alone or losing a man I thought I loved so much. I am quite sure my parents would have gladly…"

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Age: 35
Location: Oklahoma
Date: April 21, 2011

"I had an abortion because the man I had been dating was and still is a commissioned, active duty officer serving in the United States Air Force... His coercion for not wanting to get in trouble for having caused an enlisted woman to become pregnant is what led me to killing my precious second child. Before and during the abortion procedure, I experienced fear and anxiety. After having a discussion…"

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Age: 35
Location: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Date: April 9, 2011