{"id":181367,"date":"2018-04-10T16:49:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T20:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=181367"},"modified":"2018-04-10T16:49:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T20:49:56","slug":"rapper-cardi-b-refuses-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/rapper-cardi-b-refuses-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Cardi B refuses abortion: &#8216;Why can&#8217;t I have both&#8217; a career and baby?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2018\/04\/10\/cardi-b-talks-pregnancy-i-didnt-want-deal-abortion-regret\">NewsBusters<\/a>) Singer Cardi B is celebrating her pregnancy \u2013 even though people online and around her pressured her to opt for <a href=\"http:\/\/abortionprocedures.com\">abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p>On Tuesday, The Breakfast Club published an <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/erLHQ8SkNYE\">interview<\/a> with rapper Cardi B, where she talked about everything from her new album, <em>Invasion of Privacy<\/em>, to her\u00a0baby bump. During her appearance, the singer disclosed she \u201cdidn\u2019t want to deal\u201d with abortion regret and added that being told to choose between a career and a baby \u201cdisgusts me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-filter embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video-filter video-mrctv video-center vf-528896 embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/528896\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"imkadwrap3\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/o7f2YSz-y_8\"><em>SNL<\/em><\/a>, the singer revealed she was expecting her first child with fianc\u00e9 and Migos rapper Offset. While she said it was a \u201crelief,\u201d she also stressed it was \u201cnerve wracking\u201d because she\u2019s \u201csensitive\u201d to \u201cwhat people will say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people was like telling me, like, \u2018What are you doing?\u2019\u201d she remembered. \u201cAnd it\u2019s just like, okay. I\u2019m pregnant, but I have a game plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the baby \u201cwasn\u2019t planned.\u201d That prompted co-host Charlamagne tha God to ask if she had ever considered \u201cnot having the baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cardi B admitted it briefly crossed her mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKinda, sort of,\u201d she said, \u201cthen again, it\u2019s just like no, I just didn\u2019t want to deal with the whole abortion thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlamagne tha God prompted, \u201cthe regret of it of it, probably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, no, I just didn\u2019t want to,\u201d she agreed. \u201cAnd it\u2019s just like, you know what? I\u2019m a grown woman, I\u2019m 25-years-old, I\u2019m going to share this in the most humblest way, I\u2019m a schmillionaire \u2026 I\u2019m prepared for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone agreed, including other women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just really bothers me and it disgusts me because I see a lot of women online like, \u2018Oh, I feel sorry for you. Oh, your career is over,\u2019\u201d Cardi B said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s like, why can\u2019t I have both? Like as a woman, why can\u2019t I have both? Like, why do I gotta choose a career or a baby?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-blog_body-100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/s3\/files\/styles\/blog_body-100\/s3\/images\/cardib.jpg?itok=OzkCIsr3\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She urged, \u201cI want both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And she\u2019s been doing both. While she battled morning sickness the first couple of months, she said, she performed shows as usual and debuted her album. But choosing between a career and a baby is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/katie-yoder\/2015\/04\/30\/planned-parenthood-prez-abortion-key-womens-opportunity\">common talking point spurred on by the abortion industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-life leaders say otherwise. In 2017, March for Life President Jeanne Mancini <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2017\/10\/03\/march-life-prez-abortion-creates-problem-love-saves-lives\">stressed<\/a> that women \u201chave it in them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen have that incredible strength in them to choose life,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd often, that\u2019s just all they need to hear, is \u2018You\u2019ve got this. You can do this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although \u201cpeople around\u201d Cardi B told her things like, \u201cI don\u2019t think it can happen, this never really happened,\u201d she didn\u2019t let it get to her. Even though, when she first told Offset about her pregnancy, she recalled saying, \u201cYo, I\u2019m scared. I think I messed up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to wait until I\u2019m 30-something to have a kid,\u201d Cardi B concluded. \u201cLike, I want my kid now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the show, she added that if it were an option, she \u201cwouldn\u2019t even let anybody know\u201d about her baby \u201cbecause I don\u2019t want to hear people\u2019s opinions and I don\u2019t want people to make me feel like a blessing should be a regret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cardi B is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/corinne-weaver\/2018\/02\/12\/singer-cardi-b-people-own-guns-because-theyre-scared\">no conservative<\/a>, but she\u2019s standing up for life for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamcardib\">millions<\/a> of fans to see.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NewsBusters) Singer Cardi B is celebrating her pregnancy \u2013 even though people online and around her pressured her to opt for abortion. On Tuesday, The Breakfast Club published an interview with rapper Cardi B, where she talked about everything from her new album, Invasion of Privacy, to her\u00a0baby bump. 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