I had a condom break during sex and I knew I needed to get PlanB.  At this time it was not available over the counter so I had to find a clinic. I went to one called “Women’s Center of Chicago” which advertised family planning stuff in their phone book ad. When I got there, a woman in a white lab coat told me there was a 48 hour waiting period on PlanB.  This didn’t seem right to me but I was confused and disparate so I went along with it.  I came back two days later and was told that it was too late to take PlanB. They said I might already be pregnant and PlanB could harm the baby.  So they gave me a pregnancy test.  While I was waiting on my results, I was put in a room and made to watch a graphic video about abortion.  I thought I was going to be sick.  After the video the woman told me I wasn’t pregnant. She handed me all this stuff about abstinence.  I left nearly in tears.  It wasn’t until recently that I learned I had gone to a “Crisis Center” and that there was neither a 48 hour waiting period on PlanB nor was anyone in the place a doctor. I feel happy that I wasn’t pregnant but I am angry because if I had been pregnant it would have been their fault for making me wait for the PlanB.

Tyra
Chicago, IL