Amber came to us feeling so alone and distraught. “This wasn’t supposed to happen.” She had not anticipated discovering she was pregnant on the very day she moved into the dorms. Amber was looking forward to starting a new life and embarking on a college career in a new city, away from home. This pregnancy was not on the docket for 2025.

Amber and her boyfriend had recently broken up, but had rekindled their relationship a few months ago. However, just before he left for school, he ended things again. With tears in her eyes, she told the staff, “I told him I was pregnant, and he told me to get rid of it. He said to deal with it myself because he’s not here anymore. He just picked up and left. Now I am stuck, all alone, dealing with this.”

Amber’s situation is unfortunately one we hear too often from our patients. Young, scared women come to us feeling completely isolated. Many report that they haven’t told their families about their pregnancies, sometimes because they are too afraid, other times because they believe their families won’t support them. More often than not, the father of the baby wants nothing to do with them and has moved on to other relationships.

The reality is that young women in today’s world are so desperate to feel something that resembles acceptance and love. Often the cost of feeling ‘something’, even if it is fleeting, is often much higher than women realize. A short-lived feeling often has bigger consequences: an unintended pregnancy or a lifelong incurable sexually transmitted disease.

Amber arrived at our clinic, determined to get an abortion. Her story isn’t over yet. Since coming to our clinic, she is now considering other options. Maybe she could continue the pregnancy and make an adoption plan. Maybe she can begin to prepare to parent the child herself.

Stories like Amber’s are why we exist. Please pray for the Ambers of this young and upcoming generation. Pray for the Holy Spirit to work in their hearts and minds, both in fleeting moments and afterwards, so that women like Amber begin to recognize their worth—not in the world’s opinions or judgments—but in who created them. Pray that they come to know the Lord and experience the mercy and grace of our Savior.