My friend Brooke was among the most popular females in my college classes. I admired how successful she was.
Brooke consistently clocked a perfect 4.0 GPA, had a sizzling hot boyfriend, and had snagged early admission to law school. What no one knew at the time, including me, was that Brooke was a desperate, secretly pregnant 21-year-old.
It was two years before Roe v. Wade was passed. Abortion was illegal, so Brooke kept her condition hidden from everyone.