Often, a woman who takes the abortion pill is uncertain about her decision. From the moment she swallows the first dose, she wrestles with doubt: “What am I doing? Is this going to hurt? What if the bleeding doesn’t stop?” Tamara’s situation was complicated. She already had a ten-year-old son and lived with her parents
Monica works two jobs and is raising teenage children on her own—no father in the picture. Then she discovered she was pregnant. The father of this baby? A man who is no longer responding to her calls. Monica had an abortion years ago, but this time felt different. She didn’t want another abortion, but she
Cierra believed every life has a purpose. She was already a mother to a beautiful toddler when she discovered she was pregnant again. But when she told the father of the baby, he wanted her to get an abortion. With college and career looming large in her mind and his wishes weighing heavily, she began to
Gianna couldn’t stop sobbing. “CompassCare is a safe place, you can cry here,” her CompassCare nurse assured her. The first trimester nausea was continual. Her boyfriend was expressionless. Gianna’s own mother had stopped all communication weeks ago. She felt lonely, trapped, confused, and literally sick to her stomach. Gianna found CompassCare online. She called the
Emma knew she was pregnant. Since that home pregnancy test turned positive, she could hardly sleep. It seemed that everything in her life was telling her that a baby would get in the way of college, career, and relationships. Creepily, she even started seeing ads on her phone for online abortionists! Having recently moved to
“There’s nothing you can do.” The words hit Cheyenne* like a truck as the events of the last 36 hours flashed through her mind. As a single mother living with her aunt, Cheyenne loves her 14-month-old baby boy, but even with her aunt’s help, it is difficult raising a child. Shocked, Cheyenne discovered she was
Jesus was born into a world so inhospitable that an innkeeper relegated His laboring mother to give birth amongst animals. Children were so disposable the earthly king ordered the mass killing of infant boys around Bethlehem in an attempt to secure his political power against the threat of a foretold newborn King. For women facing
As Carmilla found herself in the crowded streets of New York City, she couldn’t help but miss home. Navigating her new reality—finding work, learning the language, renting an apartment, and more—was taking up all of her time. As ends weren’t meeting, she came to her breaking point: two pink lines on a home pregnancy test.
The circumstances leading to Ashley’s pregnancy were awful. Without going into detail, she was the victim of a heinous crime. Ashley found herself in a state of distress and unsupported. It cannot be understated that a preborn baby, no matter how he or she is conceived, is made in the Image of God and deserving
Victoria didn’t know about CompassCare the last time she got pregnant. All she knew was that she was alone, unsupported, and experiencing extreme nausea and dehydration. Her life in a freefall, she thought ending her pregnancy was her only option. Tragically, Victoria’s baby was lost to abortion. She didn’t know what to feel and tried to resume life as normal
