{"id":287482,"date":"2023-03-26T09:21:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T14:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=287482"},"modified":"2023-03-23T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T19:42:27","slug":"coerced-abortion-mistake-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/coerced-abortion-mistake-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Coerced into abortion, she called it the ‘biggest mistake’ of her life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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British author Penelope Anne Watson<\/a> wrote about her 44-year-long struggle with emotional trauma and mental illness after her abortion, which she calls \u201cthe biggest mistake of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coerced into an Abortion<\/h3>\n

Watson was 18 when the doctor told her she was pregnant. She said, \u201cHe asked me what I wanted to do and, as far as I was concerned, there was nothing to do except have the baby. That was what I wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Watson told her boyfriend about the pregnancy, he proposed. The couple wanted to marry and raise the baby, but both sets of parents were against it. The families were determined to keep them apart and wanted the baby aborted.<\/p>\n

Watson said, \u201cThe reality was that there were no choices for us… but I still clung to the idea that I wanted to have my baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

She began knitting a jacket for the baby, and still has it to this day.<\/p>\n

She aborted at 11 weeks, and \u201cknew absolutely nothing\u201d about fetal development. When she found out later, she felt \u201csick with shame and guilt.\u201d<\/p>\n