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color: #fccbb0}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu .sub-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > .brx-submenu-toggle {background-color: var(--bricks-color-zqcdxq)}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu .sub-menu > .current-menu-item > .brx-submenu-toggle > * {color: #fccbb0}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu .sub-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > .brx-submenu-toggle > * {color: #fccbb0}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu > li > .brx-submenu-toggle > * {color: var(--bricks-color-zqcdxq); text-align: center; font-weight: 600}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu > li.open > .sub-menu {transform: translateX(6px)}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu > li.open > .brx-megamenu {transform: translateX(6px)}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu > li > .sub-menu {transform: translateY(5px)}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu > li > .brx-megamenu {transform: translateY(5px)}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu .current-menu-item > a {color: var(--bricks-color-wuytdu)}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu .current-menu-item > .brx-submenu-toggle > * {color: var(--bricks-color-wuytdu)}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu > .current-menu-parent > a {color: var(--bricks-color-wuytdu)}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu > .current-menu-parent > .brx-submenu-toggle > * {color: var(--bricks-color-wuytdu)}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > a {color: var(--bricks-color-wuytdu)}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > .brx-submenu-toggle > * {color: var(--bricks-color-wuytdu)}@media (max-width: 769px) {#brxe-gfhila {display: none}#brxe-gfhila .bricks-nav-menu {flex-direction: row}}#brxe-rnsswk {font-size: 20px}@media (max-width: 769px) {#brxe-rnsswk {color: var(--bricks-color-trcupr); fill: var(--bricks-color-trcupr); font-size: 30px}}@media (max-width: 767px) {#brxe-rnsswk {font-size: 25px}}#brxe-iacwdc {align-self: center !important; justify-content: center; align-items: flex-end; width: 100%}@media (max-width: 769px) {#brxe-iacwdc {margin-bottom: 30px}}#brxe-feytic {font-weight: 500; color: #010101}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu {flex-direction: column}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu > li {margin-left: 0}@media (max-width: 769px) {#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu {flex-direction: column; gap: 15px}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu > li > a {justify-content: center; font-size: 18px; color: var(--bricks-color-trcupr); font-weight: 700}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu > li > .brx-submenu-toggle {justify-content: center}#brxe-feytic {margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu > li > .brx-submenu-toggle > * {font-size: 18px; color: var(--bricks-color-trcupr); font-weight: 700}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu .current-menu-item > a {color: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm)}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu .current-menu-item > .brx-submenu-toggle > * {color: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm)}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu > .current-menu-parent > a {color: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm)}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu > .current-menu-parent > .brx-submenu-toggle > * {color: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm)}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > a {color: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm)}#brxe-feytic .bricks-nav-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > .brx-submenu-toggle > * {color: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm)}}@media (max-width: 767px) {#brxe-feytic {text-align: center}}#brxe-fjyoxp {font-size: 30px; color: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm); fill: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm)}#brxe-fjyoxp:hover {color: var(--bricks-color-rnnahl); fill: var(--bricks-color-rnnahl)}#brxe-wbtxbv {font-size: 30px; color: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm); fill: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm)}#brxe-wbtxbv:hover {color: var(--bricks-color-rnnahl); fill: var(--bricks-color-rnnahl)}#brxe-ejbiyp {font-size: 30px; color: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm); fill: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm)}#brxe-ejbiyp:hover {color: var(--bricks-color-rnnahl); fill: var(--bricks-color-rnnahl)}#brxe-mtnpwe {display: flex; column-gap: 15px}@media (max-width: 769px) {#brxe-mtnpwe {display: flex}}#brxe-vedcvj {padding-top: 1rem; padding-right: 1rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; padding-left: 1rem; row-gap: 2rem; flex-wrap: nowrap}@media (max-width: 769px) {#brxe-vedcvj {row-gap: 2rem; width: 400px; padding-top: 2rem; padding-right: 2rem; padding-bottom: 2rem; padding-left: 2rem; align-items: center}}@media (max-width: 767px) {#brxe-vedcvj {flex-direction: column}}@media (max-width: 361px) {#brxe-vedcvj {width: 100%}}#brxe-fwhvqy {font-size: 75px; color: var(--bricks-color-wuytdu); font-family: "DM Sans"; text-shadow: 0 2px 3px rgba(32, 39, 90, 0.36); font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center}@media (max-width: 769px) {#brxe-fwhvqy {font-size: 55px; text-align: center}}@media (max-width: 767px) {#brxe-fwhvqy {font-size: 11.4vw}}#brxe-wukwwd {align-items: center; align-self: center !important; min-height: 41px; padding-top: 0%}@media (max-width: 767px) {#brxe-wukwwd {width: 100%}}@media (max-width: 361px) {#brxe-wukwwd {min-height: 81px; line-height: 1.5}}#brxe-dptynh {padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; margin-bottom: 185px; background-image: url(https://teenmotherchoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ylverpz8l1s-1.jpg); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: center center; background-attachment: fixed; background-color: var(--bricks-color-qcxbsm); background-blend-mode: lighten; flex-direction: row; height: 446px}@media (max-width: 769px) {#brxe-dptynh {background-position: center center; 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padding-bottom: 60px; margin-top: 0; background-color: var(--bricks-color-wuytdu)}#brxe-4690bd {background-color: #00929f; background-image: url(https://teenmotherchoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ylverpz8l1s-1-1024x768.jpg); background-position: center center; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-blend-mode: lighten; align-self: center !important; justify-content: center; align-items: center; width: 100%; height: 25px; margin-top: -28px; margin-bottom: -1px; padding-bottom: 505px; min-height: 25px}#brxe-eipths {color: #ffffff}#brxe-eipths .bricks-site-logo {width: 300px}@media (max-width: 769px) {#brxe-eipths .bricks-site-logo {width: 280px}}#brxe-svawvk {column-gap: 15px; align-self: flex-start !important; justify-content: center; width: 40%; row-gap: 50px}@media (max-width: 769px) {#brxe-svawvk {width: 100%; align-items: center; order: 2; margin-bottom: 30px}}@media (max-width: 361px) {#brxe-svawvk {width: 100%}}#brxe-immmbf {color: #f5f5f5; 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