Mother Who Decided to Keep

Working with EMC, I go to the center in Queens a lot of the time. There, I counsel girls that are wanting to keep their baby, wanting to get an abortion, or wanting to make an adoption plan.
I have not had one girl decide that she wanted to make an adoption plan. The culture here in NYC is very traditional on the family. It is a slap in the face to the family to carry your child for 9 months to then make an adoption plan where the child lives with another couple.
I find it very interesting, because these are the same girls that are in the front of the line to get an abortion. Weird.
This was a young woman who thought about getting an abortion. The thought occurred in her mind, because she was a very special case. There was crime involved with how she got pregnant. After Carmen met with her many times, and counseled her, this woman decided for HERSELF that it is wrong to abort her child.
She chose for herself that she wanted to keep this child. She just recently had the baby. And ironically, she named her ABIGAIL!