Britney Spears reveals she had an abortion… with hers and Justin Timberlake’s baby.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit I haven’t read the entire thread. Forgive me if this has already been discussed, but —

Is abortion the woman’s choice or not? Doesn’t blaming the man, saying he “forced” her to have an abortion, undermine the sole agency women claim in these matters?

People pressure other people to exercise a right, often in gross ways. It’s not unique to abortion.

But, in the end, it’s her decision or it isn’t.

I feel like she framed the abortion in a self-serving way that absolves herself and unfairly pins it all on Justin. But it’s her body. Women give birth all the time against the father’s wishes. Men just have to accept their choice.

I’m sick of people infantilizing her. Somehow she is never responsible for anything.

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I had a friend who posted about this story and got all up in arms about "he pressured her" and then asked if I knew what it was like to be pressured into an abortion.

No, I actually don't know because when I was faced with the decision, I was sure of what I wanted and no one was telling me otherwise.

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I mean, he may be a douche but it's also not unreasonable to not want to be a dad at 19. At the end of the day, it was her call (as it should be).

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I will read the book when it comes out. Justin always struck me as a jerk. She’s sadly never recovered from her past trauma l.

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Timberlake seems like a a jerk who then sl*t shamed his ex girlfriend.

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Anonymous wrote:https://people.com/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-pregnancy-abortion-exclusive-8362622

Per the title, Britney revealed that she had an abortion while in a relationship with Timberlake because he “didn’t want to be a father.” Yikes. I’m pro choice, but the phrasing isn’t a good look for him.

They were like 17 and 18 years old. Of course he didn't want to be a father.

+1 he made the rational choice that any reasonable 18yo would make. How many people would want their teen-years dirty laundry now aired for the world?

Rational to terminate a viable baby? They were healthy multi-millionaire ADULTS.

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Anonymous wrote:Well for the past twenty years or so - people have been looking at Britney as the cause for her break-up.

I mean he made that video for “Cry Me A River” which basically put her in the worst light possible and when asked if she cheated on him, her response was “Justin is not technically right or technically wrong” which many took to mean she did cheat on him.

So I think the fact that she kept this all inside for two decades speaks volumes in regard to her character.

She sounds like she wanted to keep the baby while Justin did not.
I can see both sides to this.
At 19, their musical careers were in full swing and a baby would have definitely changed things.
Though now a days it would be easier since people are less judgmental about stuff like this.

However Britney could have carried the baby to term had she truly wanted to - I just think at her tender age she wasn’t mentally prepared to raise a child alone.
Plus who wants to have someone’s child knowing the other parent doesn’t want it??

I’m curious to see how Justin responds to this if he decides to.
He painted himself as the victim in their breakup for all this time and it is sad that Britney took the fall when she herself had things she endured as well. 😓

Was this the cause of their breakup? Or did they stay together after this and only break up after she cheated?

Her cheating is not undisputed. He pushed that narrative and people just accept it. Her version was that she had a flirtation with someone else but it didn’t escalate to cheating.

She admitted cheating via kissing. It wasn’t just a flirtation.

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Anonymous wrote:https://people.com/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-pregnancy-abortion-exclusive-8362622

Per the title, Britney revealed that she had an abortion while in a relationship with Timberlake because he “didn’t want to be a father.” Yikes. I’m pro choice, but the phrasing isn’t a good look for him.

They were like 17 and 18 years old. Of course he didn't want to be a father.

+1 he made the rational choice that any reasonable 18yo would make. How many people would want their teen-years dirty laundry now aired for the world?

Rational to terminate a viable baby? They were healthy multi-millionaire ADULTS.

That would be born to a mom not equipped to raise children (look at how she's doing with the 2 she did give birth to) and to a dad who didn't want the kid. Sounds awesome.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://people.com/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-pregnancy-abortion-exclusive-8362622

Per the title, Britney revealed that she had an abortion while in a relationship with Timberlake because he “didn’t want to be a father.” Yikes. I’m pro choice, but the phrasing isn’t a good look for him.

They were like 17 and 18 years old. Of course he didn't want to be a father.

+1 he made the rational choice that any reasonable 18yo would make. How many people would want their teen-years dirty laundry now aired for the world?

Rational to terminate a viable baby? They were healthy multi-millionaire ADULTS.

That would be born to a mom not equipped to raise children (look at how she's doing with the 2 she did give birth to) and to a dad who didn't want the kid. Sounds awesome.

Again, they were both multi-millionaire adults with more resources than anyone their age. Her own sister gave birth to a beautiful daughter when she was even younger. I guess her sister should have killed the baby too. The fact that her sister didn’t likely underscores the mistake Britney made and adds to her trauma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a friend who posted about this story and got all up in arms about "he pressured her" and then asked if I knew what it was like to be pressured into an abortion.

No, I actually don't know because when I was faced with the decision, I was sure of what I wanted and no one was telling me otherwise.

That’s fortunate for You. Not all young women faced with that feels the same.

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Anonymous wrote:I had a friend who posted about this story and got all up in arms about "he pressured her" and then asked if I knew what it was like to be pressured into an abortion.

No, I actually don't know because when I was faced with the decision, I was sure of what I wanted and no one was telling me otherwise.

That’s fortunate for You. Not all young women faced with that feels the same.

I am well aware of that. But I also don't know that what happened here was "pressure" on his end. I don't know either one of them. We're only getting her side here 20 years later. He may have just said he just can't be involved. My feeling is the pressure may have come from elsewhere in her case (management?)

I know I was very lucky to be self assured to make my choice and my partner at the time fully supported my choice. I think my friend was inserting her own experience into the brit/justin storyline and just assumed that HAD to have been the case.

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Anonymous wrote:https://people.com/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-pregnancy-abortion-exclusive-8362622

Per the title, Britney revealed that she had an abortion while in a relationship with Timberlake because he “didn’t want to be a father.” Yikes. I’m pro choice, but the phrasing isn’t a good look for him.

They were like 17 and 18 years old. Of course he didn't want to be a father.

+1 he made the rational choice that any reasonable 18yo would make. How many people would want their teen-years dirty laundry now aired for the world?

Rational to terminate a viable baby? They were healthy multi-millionaire ADULTS.

That would be born to a mom not equipped to raise children (look at how she's doing with the 2 she did give birth to) and to a dad who didn't want the kid. Sounds awesome.

Again, they were both multi-millionaire adults with more resources than anyone their age. Her own sister gave birth to a beautiful daughter when she was even younger. I guess her sister should have killed the baby too. The fact that her sister didn’t likely underscores the mistake Britney made and adds to her trauma.

She and her sister aren’t the same person. For one, Jamie Lynn doesn’t aw to have the crippling mental health issues that her sister has. I don’t know why you keep bringing up the fact that they were rich adults. Every rich adult is not equipped to parent. Their kid would have a roof over their head but not much else.

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New poster. She is clearly mentally ill which is also highly hereditary so in the end Justin made a smart move.
I feel sorry for her two sons. Hopefully they won’t be too traumatized from growing up with a mentally ill parent and will not inherit or pass it on.
Signed,
Daughter of a mentally ill person

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Timberlake seems like a a jerk who then sl*t shamed his ex girlfriend.

He broke up with her by text!

Total jerk

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/britney-spears-memoir-diane-sawyer-interview-justin-timberlake-breakup-1235623214/

[Anonymous]

But just because he was a douche otherwise doesn’t prove he pressured or forced her to terminate a pregnancy