I'm not anti-anything. You are the one calling 41-year-old mother of two Ms. Spears a liar or crazy for having a traumatic abortion regret. You are suggesting this reaction is uncommon. You are on here spreading nonsense about how all of your friends have had abortions and are happier for it. The fact is Britney was a healthy multi-millionaire and Justin was also a multi-millionaire. Aborting that baby was selfish, immature, senseless and Godless. She could have had the child, they both could have kept their bustling careers, she still could have had a couple kids with K-Fed, and Justin still could have married Biel. Maybe it was the daughter she never had; a daughter who would be in college right now. Meanwhile, she sees her sister's daughter growing into a beautiful young lady. I totally understand her pain. Try having empathy for her instead of your wicked crusade to rationalize killing babies. |
I don’t know that anyone is lacking empathy for her. She absolutely might regret it and wish she hadn’t made that choice.
I still believe, from the outside looking in, it was the best choice given the circumstances. But that doesn’t mean she isn’t allowed to have regret/feelings/etc I personally have zero regret, and as many have shared with you, that is not uncommon. Not everyone believes it is a sin or murder. I don’t personally believe in God (though I did learn theology in school and even attended CCD as a child). Regretting an abortion is a minority view. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Do we need to explain stats to you? |
Lady, yih sound like a cartoon at this point. I have never called Spears a liar. I have no doubt that a tiny minority of women who end pregnancies end up regretting that decision; I just personally am but one of them and of every single close woman friend I have had for the last 35 years (I am now 52) I do not know anyone who regrets ending a pregnancy. It does not surprise me that a woman who has serious mental health issues and whose life has been characterized by coercion, manipulation, and loss of control would identify a moment like ending an early pregnancy as a point of regret. With so much of her life that felt out of her control, if she felt in any way manipulated into that decision it would be even more emotionally resonant. But my comment was not about Soears...it was about YOU calling PP a compulsive liar for saying there is no way a mother would tell a child that an abortion had been a good thing. I certainly will tell my son someday that I ended a pregnancy, and I will tell him how positive and important a decision that was in the trajectory of my life and health. He already understands, at age 10, that bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom are incredibly important. It is sad that you live in a tiny little judgmental bubble, calling others wicked. As a Christian, I wish you'd actually study the teachings of Jesus Christ for some guidance on how to love your neighbor. (Hint: he never, ever preached against abortion. He actually preached about sinners throwing stones at other sinners.) |
A lot of people have had babies at nineteen.
It isn’t too young to be a parent. They both were adults at the time. Jamie Lynn had her first child at sixteen & she came out okay even though she is no longer w/her daughter’s Father. |
Did you even read the article? It would certainly be more believable than that she impulsively shaved her head and smashed at a car with an umbrella then locked herself in a bathroom with her two kids requiring police intervention and yet, was in a totally sound state of mind and has never experienced mentally illness. So...yeah? |
I’m not lying ![]() Doesn’t matter if millions of people marry single mothers, it wouldn’t have been my dad my mom married and I wouldn’t exist. So again you are wishing me, a life with 2 of my own kids out of existence by insisting my Mom made a bad choice. Please respect my life. |
And $$$ in which to raise her. |
there is is. Consider that some of us aren't believers. |
Her entire career at the time was being marketed as an unattainable virgin. Britney and Justin were a "wholesome" pop couple who were "waiting" for marriage. Had she gone through with the pregnancy, they would have gotten married. That would have been the only way to salvage their careers. And let's not act like Jamie Lynn came out fine. She was fired from her show, and lived in obscurity until Dancing with the Stars called 18 years later. She may be happy with her decision, but it was a career ending one. |
Your parents conceived you, and your mother gestated and gave birth to you. Pretty sure that's consistent with PP's world view of how your existence came to be. |
No she didn’t. She was at risk of losing her children to court ordered hair follicle drug testing and got rid of her hair which was the smartest approach given the circumstances |
Nah- I’m going to guess the PP believes in immaculate conception. |
There’s nothing wrong with having regrets. What’s wrong is the way it’s being framed as Justin “forced” her to have an abortion. |
Placing a world-famous multi-millionaire under conservatorship is not a trivial thing to pull off. I’m not saying it was right, but there must have some serious problems. |
+1 I am curious to see if that is actually the story in the book or if it is the interpretation that people decided to run with. Not wanting a baby isn’t “forcing partner into an abortion” Look, maybe he did-I wasn’t there. We also don’t have the full story or facts yet. My interpretation is she had a choice and the final decision was ultimately hers. I think she made the right one given the circumstances we are aware of. I am sorry that she regrets her decision. I have zero regrets from when I faced an unintended and unwanted pregnancy. I was lucky that my partner (who did become my husband) supported my choice. I know it is difficult when partners don’t see eye to eye. That said, a child is a huge responsibility and a lifelong commitment-if he wasn’t ready, it is ok and valid. She still could have decided to go forward. |