OPINION: We must address the root causes of crime and invest in our children
When I was 19 and living in Wisconsin, one of my roommates needed to obtain an abortion. This was before Roe v. Wade.
She made contact with someone in a suburb of Chicago and we were given specific directions and drove to an appointed supermarket parking lot and told to wait. A van pulled up next to my car, and two men jumped out and placed a pillowcase over my terrified friend’s head. I didn’t know whether I would ever see her again.