A woman describes being forced into an abortion:
I’d been with my boyfriend for five years and we’d recently got engaged. When I realised I was expecting I was so excited, but he was horrified and said that at 22 he was too young to become a father.
Devastated, I returned home to my parents and they put pressure on me to have an abortion
My mother said I was too young and irresponsible, and my attempts to fight were futile.
Within a week, I’d been booked into a hospital and had an abortion.
I’m not saying it was the wrong decision, but it definitely wasn’t my decision – I really wanted to have the baby and that choice was taken out of my hands. As a result, I felt cheated and angry at everyone….
For a long time I regretted the abortion because of the terrible sense of guilt, but I have to be philosophical about it. I now believe that baby just wasn’t meant to be, and I am back in control of my life.
NATASHA PEARLMAN; JENNY NISBET “ABORTION: THE LEGACY” The Daily Mail July 27, 2006 42
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