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| LGBTQ youth | |
| Safe Place for Newborns | |
When you know that you are pregnant, you need to consider your options and make a choice. Parenthood, adoption or abortion are all options for an unplanned pregnancy. You may feel that one option is clearly best for you, or the decision may be difficult or confusing. You have the right to choose the option that is best for you.
According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, almost 750,000 teenage women become pregnant each year. What choices do young women make?
When deciding what to do when faced with an unplanned pregnancy, all three of pregnancy options should be defined for you and you should have the chance to explore each one. If you go to a clinic to talk with a counselor, he or she should support you while you are making a decision, and help you carry out your choice by offering referrals for prenatal care, adoption or abortion. It is important for you to find a person that is giving you all the information you need, and NOT one who appears to have their own opinion on what you should do. The following is a list of people in Minnesota and nationally to talk to about all unplanned pregnancy options.
For a list of clinics that provide pregnancy tests as well as all options counseling click here
All Options Clergy Counseling
Minneapolis/ St. Paul: 612-870-0974
Outside of the Twin Cities area: 1-800-925-8242
Provides free, honest information about abortion, adoption, and parenthood. Counselors are pro-choice clergy and assist you in making the right choice for your situation.Backline
Phone: 1-888-493-0092
Hours: Monday thru Thursday - 7pm to Midnight and Friday thru Sunday - noon to 5pm (CST)
Offers a confidential space for women and their loved ones to talk openly about pregnancy, parenting, abortion and adoption. Call toll free from anywhere in the U.S.
Walk-in Counseling Center (WICC)
Phone: 612-870-0565
2421 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55404
WICC offers free all-options counseling services and
no appointment is necessary.
Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1:00pm to 3:00pm & Monday thru Thursday from 6:30pm - 8:30pm
For young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth, some of this information about pregnancy may not seem to fit your life. In fact, however, young gay men are still becoming parents, and young women who self-identify as lesbian or bisexual are getting pregnant at really high rates. The same information about pregnancy applies to you whether you identify as gay, lesbian, bi, straight, questioning, two-spirit, transgender, polysexual, queer or whatever!
For teens that have concealed their pregnancy and now have a baby that they don't know what to do with, a Safe Place for Newborns can help. You can bring your unharmed newborn baby, up to 3 days old, to any hospital in Minnesota. Authorities will not be contacted, and you do not have to identify yourself.
24-hour crisis hotline - 1-877-440-2229
