14/11/00

Abandoned Baby

In ‘abandoned baby’ a teenage girl called Donna becomes pregnant and after it is born she abandones it in a cardboard box wrapped in a tea towel at the bus stop. It is found by a girl from university and she takes it to hospital and it is in good health.

The baby was named December Scofield as it was found in December and the girl who found it, had the surname Scofield.

The issues that arise are teenage pregnancy, parenthood, responsibility and financing.

Donna’s Diary

24 March:-

I looked around everywhere, no one was around, so I slowly walked into the pharmacy and walked over to the pregnancy test area and picked up one of those packets. After I bought it I went home and tested myself...............I was shocked it had proved positive, I ain’t got a clue of what to do, I want to tell someone but who?

Join now!

25 March:-

My friends today were noticing my getting big as it’s been about six weeks, I think? I hope nobody jumps to any conclusions.

6 May:-

I felt so sick today my mum almost made me go to the doctors, but I said I’d be fine and so I got away with it this time but still haven’t got the guts to tell anyone especially after what I heard my parents saying about my ex-boyfriend Steven, that he was a bad influence on me and that one day I would regret what he might do.

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