The way women are accessing abortion is changing, with a new online abortion business opening every week selling lethal chemical abortion drugs for cash. Seeing this shift coming, CompassCare added a telehealth service platform to serve women before they purchase these lethal drugs and have the ability to help her reverse the effects, saving the
Sadie came to CompassCare after a positive home pregnancy test. She told her nurse she cannot continue her pregnancy because she is in college, holding down two jobs, and just is not ready to become a mom. Her boyfriend and one other friend know about her pregnancy, and she isn’t planning on telling anyone else.
Hollie is still living at home and terrified of telling her mom she is pregnant. “I’m so scared, I don’t know what to do.” Her boyfriend, who drove her to CompassCare, is pressuring her to abort. Hollie did tell her sister, the only other support person she has. Hollie’s boyfriend was there for the ultrasound
Darlene and her husband Matt just had their third child last year. The last several months with their new daughter proved extremely challenging, with many sleepless nights soothing her. Darlene and Matt decided it was time to be done with childbearing and scheduled a surgery to that end. But, just before the surgery, Darlene discovered
Lily came to CompassCare a few months ago in the early stages of pregnancy suffering from hyperemesis, a debilitating condition of extreme nausea and vomiting. She felt physically drained – hopeless. On top of this, Lily had just left her abusive boyfriend and was worried this pregnancy would prevent her from moving on with her
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Carol is in her late 30s and has been through quite a lot, raising two children on her own and with no family support. Just when she was looking forward to moving and a new job, she discovered she was pregnant. Overwhelmed and confused, Carol ignored her pregnancy for several weeks. She considered getting an
Kaylen and Sam already have a baby. When Kaylen discovered she was pregnant again, she immediately thought “this is the worst possible timing.” She is still adjusting to life with an infant and still feels the financial burden of a challenging past year. Kaylen reached out to a couple of friends, asking for advice, and
Beauty is a young widowed mother who came to CompassCare pregnant from a new boyfriend. “A good man, he loves me really well.” Beauty has experienced complications with other pregnancies. As a single mother fear drove her to think abortion was the solution. She came to CompassCare with this new pregnancy, desperate to avoid a
Clarise grew up in a deeply broken home, the eldest of five with a drug-addicted mom who had several abortions. After taking care of her siblings as a young teenager, Clarise determined that she would do everything in her power to avoid walking down her mother’s path. In her early twenties, Clarise got pregnant. Believing
Allie came to CompassCare alone, with a history of abortion, and overwhelmed at the thought of being pregnant again. Her boyfriend didn’t come with her and is “leaving the decision up to her.” Allie confessed to her nurse that she wants to be a mom someday…but not now and not until she is married. She
