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I was 16 when I found out I was pregnant. My boyfriend, of almost a year, was there with me when I took the test and when it came out positive. I immediately started crying. I didn't know why I was crying, I couldn't pinpoint an emotion. I think I was just in shock that something like this actually happened to me. Right away we decided that we should get an abortion. The thought of my parents' reactions scared me enough to make that decision. I knew how angry and disappointed they would be. The trip to the clinic was surreal. I was numb that day, unsure about what I was doing. While I was sitting in the waiting room with all the other women, they all talked about how they just wanted to get it over with. I couldn't believe they could talk about the life growing inside of them like that. I remember thinking that what I was doing was wrong, but I was so scared of what my parents and my family would think and how I would go on with my life that I lied to myself, saying that there was just a blob of tissue inside me knowing full well that my baby's heart was already beating.

My baby would have been about 3 months old now. Everyday I think of him or her. Everyday I wish I would have walked out of that clinic and had my baby. I know now from reading stories of girls who kept their babies that I would have been able to handle it. I would have been able to carry out my dreams and had just as happy a life.

To anyone who is pregnant and thinking of abortion, please think hard about your decision. If you have any doubts whatsoever, don't do it. You may regret it and that is pain that can never go away. Just think about your child and make your decision from that.