Abortion Story
Sometimes a seed of doubt grows into worry and gives birth to panic. Especially when you think you're pregnant.
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Sarah and Connie's names have been changed in this article to protect their privacy.
Sarah says she missed her period at the end of August, but attributed the delay to stress because she was in the process of moving, had just broken up with her boyfriend, and was short on cash. She says she put it out of her head for another month, but when the end of September came and went, she began to worry in earnest. She calculated and recalculated, but by Sunday, Oct. 1, doubt led her to a Peoples Drug where she bought a Clearblue Easy home pregnancy test.
When her drops of urine turned the test window as blue as the control window, she says she began to wail: “Oh shit, this can't be happening. Oh no. No.”
She paced her Alexandria apartment, scattering her three cats in her wake. She re-examined the test-result stick a dozen times, but both sides stayed blue. A plan, she needed a plan, she thought, as she flipped open the Yellow Pages and skimmed the“abortion” heading.
“There it was in big letters,” says Sarah. “It said "free pregnancy test,' so I figured that would determine it either way.” The ad promised “Results While You Wait,” Monday through Saturday.
Sarah needed to solve her problem on a budget, and the clinic that caught her eye was only a few miles from her apartment.The name of the clinic—A Woman's Choice—appealed to Sarah. It seemed “diplomatic,” she says.... Continued 
Issue of Oct. 15 - 21, 1993
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