i was a 23-year-old alcoholic and drug addict. by god’s grace, i went into rehab and got sober in april of ’92. i got pregnant the first week out of treatment. when i found out i was pregnant, i knew i wasn’t ready to have a baby. i had just found a new life in sobriety, was barely employable and knew i did not want a connection with the father for the rest of my life. it was an easy decision. i am so grateful for planned parenthood and that i had a choice. i am not going to say i never thought about that baby again. i always thought it would have been a boy. i do think about what his life would have been like, i don’t think it would have been at all fair to bring a baby in to this world when i was just learning to take care of myself. thank you for letting me share this. the choice for women must never go away. thank you.