Thousand Oaks, California
Leonore was worried when a pair of teenage men approached her and asked about abortion. "What do you say about me getting my girlfriend pregnant?" the angrier of the two asked her.
"At first I thought they were mocking me and were going to hit me," Leonore said.
But
it turns out the young man's question was sincere. And his anger was
not directed toward Leonore. It was the manifestation of fear and shock
about the news that he was now a father.
Leonore
provided encouragement, advice on talking to the couple's parents, and
information about resources to help the teen couple.
A
week later, the young man returned to the vigil, smiled, hugged
Leonore, and shared plans to get help at the local pregnancy center.
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