{"id":334576,"date":"2025-07-18T06:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=334576"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:34:48","slug":"woman-abortion-pill-saw-baby-suicide-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-abortion-pill-saw-baby-suicide-stranger\/","title":{"rendered":"She took the abortion pill, saw her baby, and considered suicide. Then God sent a stranger."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joy Singh never anticipated that spending New Year\u2019s Eve with a casual male acquaintance would result in an unplanned pregnancy, a chemical abortion, and a desire to end her own life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Singh had just completed college and moved to Arizona for a job, with plans to attend graduate school.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I was in such turmoil”<\/h2>\n

\u201cA few weeks after the New Year\u2019s Eve incident, I felt ill and realized that my menstrual period was late,” Singh told Live Action News. “I took a pregnancy test which was positive. I was in such shock; I couldn\u2019t believe this was happening to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As reality set in, Singh kept hoping she\u2019d miscarry, relieving her of the responsibility of impending motherhood. She decided to inform her male friend about the pregnancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe told me he was Catholic and that he was against abortion,\u201d Singh said. \u201cBut he also informed me he had to move back home to deal with some family issues and that I couldn\u2019t depend on him to help with a baby.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Singh didn\u2019t know what to do or where to turn. Ironically, it was she who had persuaded friends facing unplanned pregnancies to choose life. Now she was in the same dilemma.<\/span><\/p>\n

Singh said, \u201cI was in such a turmoil that I couldn\u2019t eat or sleep. If I could have taken my brain out of my skull and placed it on a shelf, I would have. I felt like I was going crazy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

An abortion, she decided, was her only option. She wasn\u2019t earning much at her job, her college loans were coming due, and she was without support.<\/span><\/p>\n

The abortion facility lied… and she saw her baby<\/h2>\n

\u201cI was almost five weeks, and I knew that\u2019s when the baby\u2019s heart starts to beat<\/a>,\u201d Singh said. \u201cI scheduled appointments at the clinic and canceled twice. But I had to draw a line in the sand, so I kept the next appointment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Because she was early in the pregnancy, she was advised to have a chemical abortion. But first, she was given an ultrasound. As she entered the exam room, she noticed a still image on the monitor, but the technician quickly moved the monitor toward the wall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Singh said, \u201cI knew in my spirit that something wasn\u2019t right. But I had paid for the abortion and there was no turning back. I underwent the ultrasound, with the monitor away from me. Then I was given the first pill and was forced to open my mouth to show the nurse I had swallowed it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She was told repeatedly that she was \u201cdoing the right thing\u201d and advised not to eat anything \u201chealthy\u201d like green vegetables that could encourage cell growth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI started justifying in my head why I couldn\u2019t have this baby to make myself feel better,\u201d Singh said. \u201cI was told that if I didn\u2019t take the second pill, I\u2019d give birth to a deformed baby.\u201d (This is false. Read more here<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n