MORGANTOWN – Jewels Green was pressured into an abortion at age 17 and immediately spiraled into a deep depression. She attempted suicide and spent a month recovering in a psychiatric unit. After her hospital stay she masked her pain and anguish by staunchly supporting abortion rights. Jewels marched in support of abortion rights in Washington, DC just a handful of weeks after her traumatic abortion and suicide attempt then worked in an abortion clinic for 5 years of her young adulthood.

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