Karen

I was in graduate school. My boyfriend and I were full-time students. He had a part-time job and I was unemployed. I was not ready to have a child. I wanted to be married. I wanted to have finished graduate school.

“I could not have finished graduate school and started a career with an unplanned and unwanted child.”

I had his support and that made me feel good about the choice that we made. He accompanied me to the clinic, bought the medication for me, and took me to my two-week checkup. I could not have finished graduate school and started a career with an unplanned and unwanted child.

I did not like that Michigan had a 24-hour waiting period and required that I look at the stages of a fetus.

My body. My choice. Period.