I had three appointments at our Bainbridge Avenue pregnancy center, it's one of our smaller locations in the North Bronx. All 3 came in wanting abortions or undecided, and 2 of them left deciding to keep. The first couple was recently married, and they were scared. The guy did construction work but was recently out of work because of the economy, and she was 22 and not feeling ready for a child yet. She actually wasnt able to take the pregnancy test for over a half hour (cause she couldnt go to the bathroom... awkward) so I had to chat it up with the guy for that amount of time. During that time I was able to tell him about the girls I've helped, and planted the seed for him to think about being a good guy instead of being like so many other guys that I see force girls into abortions. When she came back from her test, they watched the abortion procedures video, and decided to keep. There was no way they wanted to do what they saw in the video.
The other girl that wanted to keep was only 17 and had a history of domestic violence and depression because of her mom. She actually called me later this afternoon and thought she needed a place to stay because her mom had kicked her out. I had Covenant House by Times Square all lined up for her, a non-profit group that houses underage people, but at the last minute she said that her aunt was able to take her in. She'll be getting a sonogram next week, pray that she still wants to keep her baby.
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