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Tucked away on the campus of Liberty University is a maternity home where young, unwed mothers go for support. But a new podcast by Wondery, Liberty Lost, instead reveals a place where vulnerable teens feel pressured to surrender their babies in exchange for scholarships. One of them, Abbi Johnson, tells Andrea Cavallier, how the Godparent Home forever changed her life
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hen Abbi Johnson became pregnant at 16, no one offered her a baby shower. Instead, she was sent away to a maternity home for young, unwed mothers.






