Category Archives: Patient Stories

“How are you, Becca?”

Becca discovered she was pregnant. Her first thought was, “What am I going I do?” She felt better after sharing the news with the father of the baby—he expressed some support. Becca’s spirits lifted. Until she told her parents. “What have you done!” Her parents offered no compassion or support. Instead, they told her to

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Afraid to Even Say “Pregnant”

As Carmilla found herself in the crowded streets of New York City, she couldn’t help but miss home. Navigating her new reality—finding work, learning the language, renting an apartment, and more—was taking up all of her time. As ends weren’t meeting, she came to her breaking point: two pink lines on a home pregnancy test.

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She Already Lost a Baby

Victoria didn’t know about CompassCare the last time she got pregnant. All she knew was that she was alone, unsupported, and experiencing extreme nausea and dehydration. Her life in a freefall, she thought ending her pregnancy was her only option.  Tragically, Victoria’s baby was lost to abortion. She didn’t know what to feel and tried to resume life as normal

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Ten Served Grace

Being pregnant isn’t easy, but to Grace walking the gritty streets of Brooklyn, it seemed impossible. She is just 16-years-old. While her friends were busy making plans for summer, Grace’s life felt dismal. Not only that, her mom is so disappointed and just wants Grace to “solve the problem.” Feeling stuck, abortion seemed like the

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Saved from Two Abortions

Kiyanna discovered she was pregnant. Like so many women, the coercions of culture caused her first to consider abortion. She even scheduled an abortion, hoping her life would return to normal. Kiyanna was conflicted in her heart. She felt stuck, like she needed an abortion. Yet it didn’t feel right. Considering herself “spiritual,” she asked

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Alexis’ Story—No Freedom in Abortion

Abortion is not freedom. After serving tens of thousands of women, CompassCare has observed that no woman really wants to have an abortion. She feels stuck, trapped, and without freedom or support—like abortion is her only escape. Alexis’ pregnancy test was positive. Suddenly, life as she had hoped and planned it would be seemed at

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Zoe Got Her Life Back

Zoe felt that her life was crumbling around her. Still grieving the loss of her best friend Anaya to a drug overdose and finding herself in a toxic relationship with her boyfriend, every day seemed like an eternity. That’s when her home pregnancy test came back positive.  Zoe was desperate—she couldn’t keep living this way,

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What Stopped Her?

Brittany is a mother of three and recently discovered she is pregnant again. Immediately, tensions began flooding her mind: “How will we get by financially? How will I keep working with an infant?” She felt that abortion was the only way to escape these pressures. On her way to get an abortion, on the busy

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