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my name's Ariel and I came to Zoi with

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my first pregnancy when I found out that

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I was pregnant I was um so happy um I

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was emotional and nervous cuz it was

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very it was it was a blessing but it was

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unexpected um I still wanted my baby but

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I I didn't know if I was going to be

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doing adoption or even possibly abortion

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cuz I didn't know what kind of support I

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I would have have even though my

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boyfriend has been with me every step of

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the way but my mom found out first and

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she was not happy at all cuz I just had

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graduated I'm a new grad um it wasn't

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traditional I'm not M I wasn't married

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so you know we come from a strict

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religious background very God is number

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one Christian so is already like a sin

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in her eyes and so when I walk through

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when we walk through Corona life

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services and um she was able to come and

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sit in the meeting and she heard about

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the options either um keeping the baby

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or adoption or even abortion she

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listened to everything it was like an

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hour meeting and she she left a little

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bit better like she pulled me to the

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side and she's like wow I could feel I

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could feel God in this this building and

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I can't believe I was pressuring you and

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and um and my sister about the abortion

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and how we had appointments and if

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you're ready we'll go with you to have

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the abortion like I'm glad as your mom I

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was able to hear it from someone else's

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point of view and um and I'm sorry that

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I I didn't listen and um and then after

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that meeting we had the the ultrasound

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to still see if um if I was pregnant and

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the minute she she heard the heartbeat

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um she just started crying and she was

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just like I can't believe I was going to

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um I was pressuring you pressuring you

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to to kill your to kill my first um

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grandchild I don't know what I would do

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if I didn't have brilin right now if I

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just just listen to my mom if I didn't

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run over to to Zoe and I I went to my

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abortion appointment before um before

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coming here I cuz he's the best thing

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that's ever happened to me so just not

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knowing that he he was not almost with

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me is just heartbreaking thank you for

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always being there since day one thank

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you for going it's Pro lifee you know

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pro brailin thank you for being a part

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of our

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decision