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Amy | Tara | Tikea | April | Janet | Nikki
As time passed, Sheryl noticed Tikea was putting on weight. Despite the doctor's reassurances over the phone, she took Tikea to a hospital emergency room, which diagnosed a pregnancy of 19 weeks. Sheryl was even more shocked to find that the private insurance she had through her job would not pay for an abortion in any circumstances except to save Tikea's life. An appeal to their "ethics committee" by the family physician was turned down. Sheryl needed to raise $1200 immediately, for an abortion in a hospital. She used the family's entire $800 savings, and borrowed $450 from the abortion fund, which she paid back over the following year. |
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Tikea
was still 12 years old when she was raped on the way to school. Her
mother, Sheryl, took her to the family doctor, fearing AIDS. Sheryl
told the doctor that Tikea had menstruated once, and assumed that the
tests they ran included one for pregnancy. They were relieved when the
nurse called to say "Everything was OK." Their main concern now was helping
Tikea deal with the trauma of the rape.