The woman told us her story. Ten years ago she got pregnant when she was 16 and her mother threw her out of the house. The father didn’t want responsibilities and she went to live with her sister. She took care of her baby with her sister`s help. Two years after, she came to NYC to get a job and she had to leave her daughter with her sister.
In NYC she was dating this guy and she got pregnant 2 times and she had 2 abortions (05 and 09). They broke up and she was depressed and alone. Now, she is pregnant again and she came to the Queens office to have an abortion. When we explained the consequences of abortion she was astonished: no one had taught her about it (infertility, cancer, death...). In fact, she thought that a 7 weeks fetus was "like a ball" and when we showed the 7 weeks model she started to cry.
We were talking for two hours about her situation: how she was emotionally and financially, and if she had some support here... She is going to come back to her country in December because she was alone here. Now she is not alone: until December she is going to have support from each EMC member.
She will have her baby in Peru. I contacted with this association in Lima that provides help to woman in this situation so is not going to be alone anymore.
Manuel
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