Stories From Other Teens

Here are some stories about other pregnant teens who sought emancipation. Call us at 1-866-www-jane, and we can help you, too.

"My adoptive parents couldn't have their own kids. When I told them that I was pregnant and had decided to get an abortion, they told me that I would be removed from school, have the baby, and give it to them to raise. They did pull me out of school and now I'm under some kind of house arrest since my mother doesn't work. I only have a few months left of high school. My birth mother changed her mind while in an abortion clinic. That's why adoptive parents so freaked out about this. But I am not my birth mother. I know what's right for me."
- 17 year old teen calling from a payphone asking for assistance with a judicial bypass and an emancipation petition.

"When my older sister got pregnant in high school, my parents sent her to live with a cousin. After the baby was born, my parents decided that she would give it up for adoption. She told me that they forced her to do it. She really has had a hard time with it, always wondering what happened to her baby. I am not having my parents decide for me."
- 17 year old seeking emancipation

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