Anya* was a stay-at-home mom to baby Tara who was just a few months old. Anya and her boyfriend, Dan, were struggling to make ends meet. Even though Anya was on birth control, she suspected she might be pregnant. One pregnancy test confirmed her fears; another was negative. The distraught young couple needed a true … Continued
How You Changed Jade’s Life Jade* was worried and incredibly nervous. Her family relationships were difficult and she wasn’t sure how much longer she’d have a place to live. And now Jade was pregnant. How would she share her news? How would she cope? “It was not the best time for me,” she said. When … Continued
Gabriela* thought she was pregnant. And unlike many women we see, she was happy about it. But she started spotting and was concerned about a miscarriage. She searched online and found our clinic. Now she could find out for sure about her pregnancy and talk with someone about her fears of losing her baby. Gabriela … Continued
We opened our mail and found this: A birth announcement with a sticky note thanking us for our care and our prayers. Lily’s mom wanted to share her gratitude. We were thrilled to celebrate Lily’s birth with her! Here’s what this new mom told us. “I had only been in Wisconsin for two months when … Continued
“I don’t know how I can carry this pregnancy. I have so much stuff in my life that’s going wrong,” Jayla* told our nurse. Jayla has a beautiful little toddler. She doesn’t know how she can be a good mom to another child with everything else happening in her life. The relationship she’s been in … Continued
“I called (a women’s health clinic) and was told that if I was going to carry my baby to term, there wasn’t really anything they could do to help me,” Haley* told our nurse. They refused to provide an ultrasound if she did not plan to have an abortion. This clinic’s website says they provide, … Continued
“If I’m pregnant, I’ll just have another abortion. It’s no big deal,” Kaitlyn* told the nurse. Kaitlyn has already had two abortions. She spoke about the possibility of another one as if she were speaking about getting her hair cut. Or maybe having a tooth pulled. And why wouldn’t she? Kaitlyn has believed the lie … Continued
She Was Terrified to Tell Her Boyfriend. The year was 2011. Natalia* was afraid she was pregnant. She wasn’t sure what to do. She didn’t want an abortion – but she also didn’t want to raise a child right now. It was overwhelming. Natalia was terrified to tell her boyfriend, Jeremy*. How would he react? … Continued
Thank you for giving life to Caden. “He’s alive today because of you,” Alyssa* told us. Alyssa recently came to our clinic with her five-year old son, Caden*. We’d first “met” Caden six years earlier when Alyssa came to our clinic for an ultrasound. At the time abortion had seemed like a solution to an … Continued
Kimoni* and Ada* had recently moved to Madison when they suspected Ada was pregnant. They were married and excited to start their family. But being new to the area, they had no connections and didn’t yet have jobs. They were part of a church but didn’t yet know anyone very well. They found our clinic … Continued