i was only 19 when i was manipulated into placing my first child for adoption. i faced being homeless or staying with my boyfriend, an older man who regularly beat and raped me.

i had an abortion when i was 24. at the time, i was a single mother raising a 6-year old son. we had recently relocated to a large city after i had accepted a new job.

i have had two abortions - one at age 23 and another at age 24. i had just graduated college with a bachelor's degree, and my boyfriend and i had just gotten together.

it was 1976, and i was a 17-year-old recent high school graduate. i was looking forward to my first semester in college.

i was 22, had just finished college and was dating a guy who already had three kids by three other women. he was not allowed contact with any of these women or their children.

i was sixteen years old when i found out i was pregnant. i was in a relationship for a few months at the time, and almost done with my sophomore year in high school.