Four Mile Post November 2011

On February 24, 1955, Stephen was born in San Francisco to an unmarried mother named Joanne Simpson. Joanne was a graduate student at the time and had concluded that her life was just too hectic to raise a child. We don't know what thoughts went through Joanne's mind, but given a similar set of  circumstances, many pregnant women in our world face the  following decision: to have an abortion or to bring the child to term and put the child up for adoption. Joanne Simpson chose the latter and gave birth to her son.

 Read more here