Often, it is the father of the aborted baby who puts pressure on the woman to get an abortion, either by trying to coerce her into choosing abortion or by abandoning her. Here is one woman’s experience:
“When I found out I was pregnant, he wanted me to come over so he could rub my belly. He told me he wanted me to pick out the name. After two weeks of making future baby room knickknacks and picking out names, he told me that he thinks we made a huge mistake. He told me I should get an abortion and that he didn’t want to be with me anymore. He was already a single dad, having just worked himself through school. He had just started a new job and refused to even ask off for work to take me…
The stress of everything, and being pregnant and tired all the time, caused me to be late to my job so much that I got fired. I dropped my college class. I was pregnant, unemployed, and now single. I knew deep down I wanted to keep it, but I convinced myself it would be impossible. My sister had had an abortion too and told me not to tell our mom, because she would just give me crap about being irresponsible and stress me out even more. I didn’t tell my mom until after it had been done, when she told me she would’ve helped me raise the baby and wished I hadn’t done it.”
Ashley Wehrli “15 Women Who Regretted Their Abortion Tell All” Babygaga Apr 20 2018
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