As a teacher, a student asked me if she should have an abortion. Without Roe, what would I say? | Opinion
Upon hearing of, and reading, the leaked draft opinion that strikes down the Roe decision, I immediately thought back to the day, many years ago, when one of my students asked to talk.
She was pregnant, unplanned. She was terrified [yes?], and asked me if I thought she should have an abortion.
My student wasn’t ready to become a mom. The to-be-father was in college and shared with her he wasn’t ready. However, she also respected the gravity terminating a pregnancy.
I was the first adult she told.