Refresher: I Made the Wrong Decision

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🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; Stephanie thinks the guilt she felt over having an abortion at age 18 led her to marry a man who was unable to have children. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Time now for a refresher from my Dr. Laura Call of the Day archives.
0:04.7	Remember, you can hear my live radio program weekdays 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph, 111.
0:16.2	Stephanie, welcome to the program.
0:19.2	Thank you.
0:21.4	Hi, Stephanie. I understand you'd like to talk about a decision you made that you thought was right.
0:29.7	Well, at the time I thought it was right, but it definitely was not a good decision.
0:43.6	When I had turned 18 and had just graduated high school,
0:52.0	shortly after that, I found out I was pregnant. And I grew up in a very strict Catholic family household. I'm sorry, that is adorable way to say I found out. It's like,
0:57.6	you know, it happens without us doing anything? No, I knew what I... So, who were you doing? Who were you
1:05.0	having sex with? Um, well, it was a one-night stand.
1:12.6	And how did you find the guy for the one-night stand?
1:17.6	Well, we were at the beach, and he was actually a police officer that was walking the beach area trying to keep things in order.
1:36.0	And I just had a conversation with him.
1:39.8	And he took me out for a drink later on that evening.
1:46.6	We got together that evening.
1:49.7	And how old were you?
1:52.0	I had just graduated high school and I was 18.
1:56.8	I thought you said that.
1:59.6	Yes.
2:00.8	Where did your parents think you were?
2:03.8	Oh, they knew I was at the beach with a lot of friends.
2:08.1	I see.
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