'Had Roe v. Wade been law in 1962, I would have gone to a hospital or a clinic. The humiliation, pain, fear, and shame that began with my rape continued in that room in Philadelphia'
Photo: Millennium Images / Gallery Stock In 1962, I got pregnant. It was what would now be called date rape. He was a 28-year-old advertising executive who’d been introduced to me by a friend from Lord & Taylor, where I worked as a receptionist in the beauty salon. I was 18. He said we had to stop at his apartment before dinner because he’d forgotten his wallet. His younger brother was staying with him and watched while the rape happened. I told no one.
The doctor wrote a woman’s name and phone number on a small piece of paper. He recommended a hotel downtown where we would need to stay for a night or two. After we checked in, my mother called the woman. They agreed on a fee and a time that same night; I would meet her on the corner. I had to be alone, and I had to bring clean underwear, a toothbrush, and pajamas. At 5:30, the woman got out of a car, asked if I was Carol, and told me to sit in the back seat with her as a man drove us.
I think I passed out. When I woke up, she wasn’t there but had left a note saying she had to go out and pick something up. When she returned, she had with her a child who couldn’t have been older than 3. She fed the child in the kitchen, then put her to bed under the chenille bedspread. After the little girl was asleep, the woman gave me two heavy blankets. She told me I would probably wake up in the night and be very cold; if I did, I was supposed to come into her room and wake her.
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