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Almost Aborted, She Just Graduated; and Her Parents Say It's Hard to Imagine a World Without HerThe night before the appointment, Diana woke up, hearing a baby cry. The sound wasn't coming from her home or her neighbor. It was lucid. "I don't know if it was a dream or a real voice of the baby from in my womb, but I could hear a baby crying. It woke me up, and I couldn't even go back to sleep."
The young teen received an ultimatum: get an abortion or move out. Pressured and confused, not knowing any options, Eric and Diana—naturally—scheduled the appointment to terminate their unplanned pregnancy. No one would ever know—and not because they lived in Las Vegas, but because that's the way abortion laws work. But a funny thing happened. The nurse called Diana's name once, then twice over the public address system. It was time to hand over the money and terminate the pregnancy. But Eric Pagan looked at his girlfriend, and she looked at him. "Let's just get out of here," he said. They stood up together and skipped out.
"Not once in my life did I ever regret NOT having the abortion," Diana said. "No matter how hard things got, how hostile the relationship between my husband and I became, we've never ever regret, NOT having the abortion." How Eric and Diana met and fell in love is not the plot line of a fairy tale. He was running from police heat in his neighborhood. A gang leader, Eric saw patrol cars prowling his neighborhood, and he figured the cops were looking for him. When some acquaintances cruised past, he jumped in front of their car and asked for a ride. His buddy was with him and remembered a certain señorita in another neighborhood at whose house he figured they could hang out. That's where Eric saw the dark brown eyes of Diana. He had time to kill, so he tried to strike up a conversation with her. It was no easy matter because she spoke Spanish exclusively. Of mostly Hawaiian descent, Eric didn't know much Spanish. What he knew was the rough lingo of the streets where words were used to steal cars and fight rivals. So what sparked the romance? Cupid's arrow smote not "in spite of" but "because of" the communication barrier. She could only understand the most rudimentary English, and he had to be careful not to use street Spanish laced with expletives. It was a challenge to get to know each other, and the challenge made it an adventure. The difficulty of conquering Diana was part of the attraction. It was a challenge also because she was dating someone else—a fact she tried to communicate to Eric to throw water on his evident interest. He either didn't understand or didn't care. Eric kept visiting the dark-haired beauty secretly. Sometimes, he would tap on her window after midnight, and they would talk—or TRY to talk. Their romance had all the precursors of an unwanted pregnancy. He was 17, a mere two years older.
Uncertainty prevailed in Diana's heart. "I felt cornered. I had only known my husband for six months. My mom felt she was going to end up raising my baby, so she said, 'Either get an abortion or move out.' To me, I kind of didn't even know this guy, so I only saw the option of going through with the abortion." The night before the appointment, Diana woke up, hearing a baby cry. The sound wasn't coming from her home or her neighbor. It was lucid. "I don't know if it was a dream or a real voice of the baby from in my womb, but I could hear a baby crying. It woke me up, and I couldn't even go back to sleep. I just waited until morning for the appointment." The clinic was a "cold" place, and Eric and Diana waited stolidly for her turn. They didn't talk... Continue reading here.
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