Juvenile facilities and abortions

[familysearcher]

If you were ever at a juvenile facility as a teen,m and if you were pregnant when you were sent there, and the pregnancy was terminated (maybe they said you had a miscarriage), tell us about it.

I think that maybe some teen girls got sent to juvenile facilities, and were pregnant at the time. And I think that maybe their pregnancy was terminated and they were lied to and told they had a miscarriage.

I feel this would have been a form of abuse, and especially if the girl was not aware that this was even happening.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by familysearcher

If you were ever at a juvenile facility as a teen,m and if you were pregnant when you were sent there, and the pregnancy was terminated (maybe they said you had a miscarriage), tell us about it.

I think that maybe some teen girls got sent to juvenile facilities, and were pregnant at the time. And I think that maybe their pregnancy was terminated and they were lied to and told they had a miscarriage.

I feel this would have been a form of abuse, and especially if the girl was not aware that this was even happening.

I think you are in the wrong forum.

[lenora]

Originally Posted by familysearcher

If you were ever at a juvenile facility as a teen,m and if you were pregnant when you were sent there, and the pregnancy was terminated (maybe they said you had a miscarriage), tell us about it.

I think that maybe some teen girls got sent to juvenile facilities, and were pregnant at the time. And I think that maybe their pregnancy was terminated and they were lied to and told they had a miscarriage.

I feel this would have been a form of abuse, and especially if the girl was not aware that this was even happening.

I have no specific knowledge about the juvenile facilities performing abortions, but I wouldn't be surprised. After all, there was a time when it was not uncommon to sterilize "juvenile delinquents" without their consent. I had a cousin who was sent to Montrose in the 1950s but, AFAIK, she never had a miscarriage or abortion while institutionalized. OTOH, a lot of **** happened at Rosewood.

FWIW, for a short time, I provided legal help to residents at one of our juvenile facilities. I heard nothing about "miscarriages" or involuntary abortions. And yes, this would have been, at a minimum, abuse.

[emmmcubed]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

I think you are in the wrong forum.

This person has been posting this exact same question all over the place for quite some time, with no takers. I think everyone should continue to ignore it . . .

[lenora]

Originally Posted by emmmcubed

This person has been posting this exact same question all over the place for quite some time, with no takers. I think everyone should continue to ignore it . . .

What?! No one needs to know the reason for her inquiry. If you and Quick Enough don't care to read her posts, both of you should block her.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by lenora

What?! No one needs to know the reason for her inquiry. If you and Quick Enough don't care to read her posts, both of you should block her.

" you should block her."
That is the coward's way out.

I don't block ANYBODY!

The post was made.

I gave my OPINION on the post, just as you are.

That is what this forum is for.

What is YOUR problem?

Can't handle people having a different opinion then yours?

[clevergirl67]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

Can't handle people having a different opinion then yours

That's why I added lenora to my Ignore List long ago

[familysearcher]

Apparently some pepe want to know why I asked these questions.
When I was 16 years old I ran away from home to escape sexual abuse from my step-father, that had been going on since I was about four years old. He repeatedly told me that one day we would be really having "adult sex". I knew that the 'age of consent' was 16, so I got away from him before he could do worse to me.

So, when I ran away I lived with some friends I had met and was involved with a young guy about my age.

My mother and stepfather actually reported me to the police as a juvenile delinquent (even after I had already reported the abuse to the police myself).

So, back then was way different than today. Today, he would probably have been arrested. And since he also abused my half-sister AND the daughter of his second wife, maybe he would have actually been punished! But, back then it was different, and eventually I was found and picked up by the police, held at Pine Street Station, welt to juvenile court (no representation of course) and sentenced to be sent to a juvenile facility.

When I was take to the facility in the first couple of days I had a "pelvic exam, (something I had NEVER had in my life. The very night of the "exam" I woke up bleeding and in severe pain. I was taken from the facility in an ambulance, to a hospital in downtown Baltimore. I was NOT in any regular exam room that I have ever seen, it was a lot more like a parking garage! And there were two guys there in hospital clothes. I remember hearing one say, "is was a boy".

So, I was pregnant when sent to the facility. I had no idea and do not remember any knowledge of my condition. And, since ONE DAY after being sent to the facility I had a "miscarriage", I think anyone can understand why I think it was really an ABORTION, performed by the 'doctor' who gave me the exam at the facility.

And since I have recently heard of several lawsuits being field against similar juvenile facilities in MD, with allegations of forms of abuse, and since I feel that it is statistically IMPOSSIBLE that I am the ONLY female sent to one of those facilities pregnant and who subsequently had a "miscarriage:, of curious I want to know if I am alone in this.

And all this happened over 60 years ago. But I can still vividly remember the trip to the hospital in the ambulance, the words of the medical guy, the trip back to the juvenile facility in another ambulance, the fact that it had snowed at about the same days, the fear when I woke up bleeding like a stuck pig, the panic when I could not stand the pain any longer and walked out of my 'room' at the facility and notified the people in charge what was happening to me, and the fact that once I had been taken back to the juvenile facility I was segregated from the other inmates for several days, then put in another building, not the one I was initially in and where the horror started.

So, now this is why I would like to hear form others who had a similar experience. Maybe it would help me deal with these memories better. And I strongly believe that if those in charge of juvenile facilities claim no other girl ever had such an experience, they are flat out LIARS!!!

[familysearcher]

So, to ANY woman who EVER had such a cruel thing happen when in the custody of the state, just knowing that you were not alone, I hope this helps.

[westsideboy]

Originally Posted by familysearcher

Apparently some pepe want to know why I asked these questions.
When I was 16 years old I ran away from home to escape sexual abuse from my step-father, that had been going on since I was about four years old. He repeatedly told me that one day we would be really having "adult sex". I knew that the 'age of consent' was 16, so I got away from him before he could do worse to me.

So, when I ran away I lived with some friends I had met and was involved with a young guy about my age.

My mother and stepfather actually reported me to the police as a juvenile delinquent (even after I had already reported the abuse to the police myself).

So, back then was way different than today. Today, he would probably have been arrested. And since he also abused my half-sister AND the daughter of his second wife, maybe he would have actually been punished! But, back then it was different, and eventually I was found and picked up by the police, held at Pine Street Station, welt to juvenile court (no representation of course) and sentenced to be sent to a juvenile facility.

When I was take to the facility in the first couple of days I had a "pelvic exam, (something I had NEVER had in my life. The very night of the "exam" I woke up bleeding and in severe pain. I was taken from the facility in an ambulance, to a hospital in downtown Baltimore. I was NOT in any regular exam room that I have ever seen, it was a lot more like a parking garage! And there were two guys there in hospital clothes. I remember hearing one say, "is was a boy".

So, I was pregnant when sent to the facility. I had no idea and do not remember any knowledge of my condition. And, since ONE DAY after being sent to the facility I had a "miscarriage", I think anyone can understand why I think it was really an ABORTION, performed by the 'doctor' who gave me the exam at the facility.

And since I have recently heard of several lawsuits being field against similar juvenile facilities in MD, with allegations of forms of abuse, and since I feel that it is statistically IMPOSSIBLE that I am the ONLY female sent to one of those facilities pregnant and who subsequently had a "miscarriage:, of curious I want to know if I am alone in this.

And all this happened over 60 years ago. But I can still vividly remember the trip to the hospital in the ambulance, the words of the medical guy, the trip back to the juvenile facility in another ambulance, the fact that it had snowed at about the same days, the fear when I woke up bleeding like a stuck pig, the panic when I could not stand the pain any longer and walked out of my 'room' at the facility and notified the people in charge what was happening to me, and the fact that once I had been taken back to the juvenile facility I was segregated from the other inmates for several days, then put in another building, not the one I was initially in and where the horror started.

So, now this is why I would like to hear form others who had a similar experience. Maybe it would help me deal with these memories better. And I strongly believe that if those in charge of juvenile facilities claim no other girl ever had such an experience, they are flat out LIARS!!!

Thank you for specifying, and VERY sorry for that experience.