Lorraine, so powerfully and well written, you are an inspiration.

This is a short story about a young girl who was afraid to tell her parents she was pregnant.

Becky Bell
August 24, 1971 - Sept. 16, 1988

At 17, Becky became a victim of an Indiana state law requiring parental consent for a minor to obtain an abortion. Unable to bring herself to disappoint her parents by telling them she was pregnant — or go before a judge to bypass the law — Becky sought an illegal abortion. When she became seriously ill, her parents rushed her to the hospital. In severe pain from a massive infection, Becky still could not tell them, and despite the efforts of the doctors, she died.

In Remembrancehttp://www.now.org/issues/abortion/120904women-who-died.htm

Stories like Becky's need to be told, so much of these laws pass with the support of the voters because there is no human face put on the bills that cause so much tragedy.

Thank you for posting this. I'm writing a diary that speaks to what this day means to so many women and young girls, and those who support us.

Could you help it to be frontpaged? Thanks in advance, my friend.