Degrassi: Next Class (TV Series)
#IRegretNothing (2017)
Amanda Arcuri: Lola Pacini
Quotes
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Clinic Doctor : [as Lola prepares to undergo an abortion] Anything you want to ask before we start?
Lola Pacini : [inhales deeply] Am I the first 16-year-old you've ever done this to?
Clinic Doctor : You're not the first today.
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Yael Baron : [to Lola] Our presentation is tomorrow. God, you are so irresponsible!
Lola Pacini : Chill! It's just a stupid project.
Yael Baron : It's worth 50% of our grade. What could be more important than that?
Lola Pacini : [near tears] I'm getting an abortion.
[Yael looks shocked; Lola sniffles]
Lola Pacini : Maybe I can get a doctor's note or something, but I'll make sure you don't lose marks for my stupid mistake.
Yael Baron : Do you have somebody to go with you?
[Lola shakes her head no]
Yael Baron : Then let's call an Uber.
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Yael Baron : [to Lola] The car will be here in a minute.
Lola Pacini : You know, I didn't just decide to get an abortion.
Yael Baron : Okay.
Lola Pacini : I've thought about it. A lot. And I spent hours researching it online.
Yael Baron : Did you talk to your parents? Parent.
Lola Pacini : Mom's gone-zo.
[chuckles]
Lola Pacini : My dad's great, but super traditional. Besides, there's nothing to talk about. I'm not ready to be a mom and there's no way I'm walking around school pregnant for nine months.
Yael Baron : But you you only found out you were pregnant yesterday, right? I mean, that still gives you time to change your mind.
Lola Pacini : I decided two weeks ago when I thought I might be pregnant.
[sighs]
Lola Pacini : What would you do?
Yael Baron : I don't think it really matters right now.
Lola Pacini : I just want this to be over with so that I can get on with my life.
Yael Baron : [sighs] Well, then, maybe there's your answer.
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Frankie Hollingsworth : [to Lola as she's hiding in a bathroom stall] We've been looking everywhere for you.
Lola Pacini : Does that means everyone's talking about me?
Shay Powers : I wouldn't say everyone.
[sighs]
Shay Powers : Don't worry. We'll tell them it's not true.
Frankie Hollingsworth : And even if they don't believe us, we know it's not. You had a pregnancy scare and you wanted to know your options. It's nothing to be ashamed of.
Shay Powers : Yeah, it's not like you actually had an abortion.
Lola Pacini : [sighs] And that would be a reason to be ashamed?
Frankie Hollingsworth : No, but abortion's a big deal. I mean, you're kinda killing a baby.
Shay Powers : Well, I think, technically, it's an embryo.
Frankie Hollingsworth : Why are you getting so upset? We're trying to be supportive.
Lola Pacini : Well, it sure doesn't feel that way.
[storms out of the bathroom]
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Lola Pacini : [to Yael] Do you think I'm a bad person?
Yael Baron : Because you made a difficult decision?
Lola Pacini : It wasn't difficult for me. Scary, yeah, but...
[inhales sharply]
Lola Pacini : not difficult. And afterwards, I... I didn't feel sad.
Yael Baron : Well, I mean, that's good, isn't it?
Lola Pacini : Except now I feel bad for not feeling sad.
[holds up her phone]
Lola Pacini : I've been staring at this photo all afternoon.
[sighs]
Lola Pacini : I feel nothing except the desire to tweeze her unibrow.
Yael Baron : Well, doesn't that mean you just made the right choice?
Lola Pacini : [sighs] Frankie and Shay don't agree. They think I'm a murderer.
Yael Baron : They said that?
Lola Pacini : I can barely handle my roots. How could I possibly handle a baby?
Yael Baron : A lot of women would support you. I mean, Nicki Minaj had an abortion in high school.
Lola Pacini : Really?
Yael Baron : The point is, a lot of women have abortions and feel no shame.
Lola Pacini : I feel like I'm the first.
Yael Baron : Yeah, because the world makes everybody too scared to talk about it.
Lola Pacini : Well, they should talk about it.
Yael Baron : Maybe you could.
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Lola Pacini : [in her vlog post talking about her abortion] There's so many things I wanna do in high school and being a mom is not one of them. It might not be everyone's choice, but it was mine and I'm not ashamed.