July 13, 2009
Generational Shift for U.S. Hispanics on Abortion
by Laura Isensee
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A few weeks after a one-night stand and a failed morning-after pill, Ana saw only one option: Two days later she had her pregnancy terminated at a free clinic.
The 28-year-old graduate student, who came to the United States from Guatemala when she was a toddler, called it one of the easiest, clearest decisions of her life. "Having a child is not in my plans right now," Ana said in an interview from New York City.
Her mother, while supportive, exclaimed "Why didn't you just tell me and I would have taken care of your baby?"
Ana, who requested her real name not be used, has not told her father, who would be "heartbroken," she said.
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