{"id":215763,"date":"2019-12-23T13:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T19:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=215763"},"modified":"2019-12-23T14:02:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T20:02:26","slug":"miss-universe-contestant-mom-choice-abort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/miss-universe-contestant-mom-choice-abort\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Universe contestant: ‘My mom had a choice to abort me, but she did not’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this month, the annual Miss Universe pageant was held in Georgia. Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa took home the crown, but it’s Miss Philippines, Gazini Ganados, who is making headlines, for her openly pro-life statements.<\/p>\n

After passing a law banning abortion<\/a> after a heartbeat can be detected, many film companies threatened to boycott<\/a> the state. Ganados appeared on “The Bottomline with Boy Abunda,” a current affairs-oriented talk show in the Philippines, to go through a question-and-answer workshop in advance of the pageant, and one of the audience members asked her about Georgia’s heartbeat law, and whether or not she supported similar laws around the world. For Ganados, there was no question about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a person who was raised by a conservative mother and of course a country, I guess we are not in the right position to take away a life because only God can do it,\u201d she said as the people in the audience applauded. \u201cWe are here to nurture a life and not to take it away. But that’s my own personal opinion.\u201d Abunda applauded her answer as being heartfelt and honest, and then asked her if it was ever an option for her. “Abortion is not an option,” she responded.<\/p>\n