{"id":257081,"date":"2021-11-12T16:38:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T22:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=257081"},"modified":"2021-11-11T22:38:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T04:38:05","slug":"lucifer-actress-aborted-child-32-wasnt-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/lucifer-actress-aborted-child-32-wasnt-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Lucifer’ actress pens op-ed about aborting a child at 32 because she ‘simply wasn’t ready’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A South African actress has stated that she aborted her first baby at age 32 while in a self-described “committed” relationship because she “simply wasn’t ready” and “didn’t want to be a mother.” She added that that those reasons were “good enough” to warrant aborting her child.<\/p>\n

In an op-ed for SELF Magazine<\/a>, Lesley-Ann Brandt, who starred in the television show “Lucifer,” said she became pregnant by her “then-boyfriend, now husband” at age 32. “We lived together and were committed, but neither one of us was ready for parenthood,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

She scheduled an abortion and that same day was asked to audition for a show in which the female characters could not become pregnant. She auditioned for and booked the pilot for that show while pregnant. She said, “At age 32, my abortion gave me choice, autonomy over my own body, and opportunities in my career.”<\/p>\n

“People have abortions for many reasons,” she continued. “In my case, I simply wasn’t ready. That’s it, and that’s good enough. I didn’t want to be a mother at that moment in my life, so I made a decision that was best for me and my relationship.”<\/p>\n