Kasey Burroughs can still remember sitting in the parking lot at PRC Medical Clinic a few years ago. There was a lot on her mind.
Burroughs says everyone she knew didn’t want her to be pregnant. She was alone, and trying to decide her next move. Keep the baby? Adoption? Abortion? The last option brought up painful memories.
“Back in high school, I had my first abortion,” Burroughs said. “My mom took me to an abortion clinic and I had an abortion. I had no choice whether I wanted to keep it or not. It was her decision.”
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