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A 14-Year-Old’s Story Of Pressure, Silence, And Lasting Trauma

May 21, 2026 BY Editor

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A 14-year-old walks into a clinic expecting a test and walks out carrying trauma, silence, and questions that no adult around her would answer. That’s the reality Sherie Marie shares with us.  This week Sherie describes the chilling lack of informed consent, the absence of basic compassion, and the way a minor can be pushed through a life-altering procedure without anyone stopping to ask, “Is this what you want?”

The chemical abortion pill also raises new alarms around forced and coerced abortion. When pills can be shipped, hidden, or misused, oversight shrinks and vulnerability grows, especially for teens and women in controlling relationships. Learn what you and your community can do right now to help end this.

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Her Refuge

This work began with one simple belief: no one should have to carry their pain alone. Every day, women and men are searching for understanding, healing, and a place where their story can be heard without judgment. We offer compassion, resources, and safe communities for those seeking healing after abortion.

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Ethics Journal Backs Forced Abortions for Minors

A recent paper published in the University of Chicago Press journal Ethics argues that abortion should be considered “adequate care” for pregnant minors. The authors contend that doctors have a moral duty to ensure underage girls undergo abortions, even if the girl or her family objects.

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Domestic Abuse, Coercion, Abortion

All too often we hear a familiar story repeated in headlines that another woman was tragically abused or even killed because she refused to have an abortion.

Abortion empowers boyfriend abusers, sex traffickers, and their ilk. It is seen as a way out – a chance to abdicate their responsibilities to the mother and child. No child support, no dirty diapers, and no strings attached.

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Pro-choice if it’s Their Choice

They may claim to give women choice, yet, hypocritically, when it isn’t for abortion, you’ll most often find “choice” is nothing more than an illusion. Abortion is transformed from being an option to being portrayed as the only option.

According to research conducted by the Elliot Institute, 64% of post-abortive women claim they were pressured by others into having an abortion. This pressure can come from partners, parents and even the facilities where women go for help.

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Law Protects Young Girl

The unexpected happened at a Planned Parenthood abortion center in North Carolina.  A staffer called nine-one-one to report a sixteen-year-old girl told them she was being forced to have an unwanted abortion.

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Taking “Pro-choice” to “Forced Choice”

Thirteen-year-old Valentina lives in Turin, Italy (called Torino by the locals). You probably remember this city, located in the northwest part of the country, as the host of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Now it’s known for something far less noble – forced abortion.

Valentina had sex with her fifteen-year-old boyfriend and became pregnant. She wanted to keep her baby but her parents didn’t want her “to ruin her life”.

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Guest

Sherie Marie is an author, speaker, and the visionary behind HER REFUGE, a ministry devoted to guiding women toward healing after abortion trauma. Drawing from her own journey as a survivor of coerced abortion, she passionately reaches women outside the church and those inside the church who may be carrying silent wounds. Her mission includes facilitating abortion recovery programs in churches and prisons as well as training them to respond with both truth and compassion. Her commission is to walk alongside women at every stage of their healing, whether they are aware of their need or not. Her memoir is nearing completion, soon to be joined by a series of books focused on restoration.

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