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I had to fill out a form. On it you check the boxes of things you are willing to consider. The options essentially broke down to a) abortion b) adoption c) parenting. I chalked it up to alphabetical order that abortion came first. At this point in life, I still solidly fell on the \u201cI would never have an abortion, but other people should be able to\u201d side of the fence. I checked options B and C, took the test, and was taken into a room to hear my results. Before getting those results, I was interrogated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhy won\u2019t you consider abortion?\u201d the representative asked. \u201cYou realize what a strain on your life parenting would be, don\u2019t you?\u201d I explained that abortion just wasn\u2019t something I personally believed in. She scoffed at me before finally telling me I wasn\u2019t pregnant.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I left the office and cried. Maybe it was relief, but I mostly felt hurt and manipulated. What if I had been pregnant\u2014would she have been able to sway me? How many others have passed through those doors and\u00a0were\u00a0swayed to terminate, who felt the strain\u2014financial, physical, or mental\u2014that parenting might cause so decided it would be easier to just \u201cfix the problem\u201d?…<\/em><\/p>\n

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I recently\u00a0read an article<\/a>\u00a0on The Federalist that quotes a woman saying…\u00a0\u201cThey offer a valuable service to the community in terms of STD testing and prevention, pregnancy counseling, including prenatal care, mammograms, well-woman care.\u00a0I have never known anyone at a Planned Parenthood to try and talk a woman into an abortion.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Well, I do. And I know countless others feel the same.<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Sarah Owens, The Federalist<\/a>, September 28<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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