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The news of her pregnancy was met not with celebration, but with intense, overwhelming pressure to choose a path that many considered the only logical option for a girl in her dire circumstances: termination. Society, family, and even her own desperate fears whispered insistently that this was the practical, the only sensible choice. How could a seventeen-year-old, a survivor of horrific abuse, grappling with depression and addiction, possibly raise a child? The voices were relentless, painting a stark picture of inevitable failure and further hardship if she dared to defy convention. She was told it would be impossible, that she would ruin her own life and potentially the child’s. Every logical argument, every well-meaning but ultimately crushing piece of advice, pointed her towards a single, irreversible decision. But deep within her, amidst the chaos and despair, a tiny flicker of something unyielding began to stir, a defiant instinct that refused to be silenced, compelling her to consider a choice that would fly in the face of all expectations and change everything forever.
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