Woman recalls horrifying illegal abortion experience in Detroit warehouse in 1966

In 1966, Renee Chelian was pregnant. “I was 15-years-old and I got pregnant by my 16 year old boyfriend, I hid the pregnancy for as long as I could. My mother took me to a doctor finally and my parents were getting ready for me to marry my 16- year-old boyfriend, as was his father,” Chelian, now in her 70s said. “My mom and dad came into my bedroom one night and asked me if I wanted to have an abortion. I didn't know what it was. I asked them and they told me that I wouldn't be pregnant anymore, which meant I'd be able to finish school.”