{"id":86183,"date":"2016-01-26T15:44:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T20:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=86183"},"modified":"2016-01-26T16:58:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T21:58:00","slug":"toni-braxton-abortion-made-sad-way-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/toni-braxton-abortion-made-sad-way-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Toni Braxton: &#8216;I had to forgive myself for the abortion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In a recent interview with The Insider, singer\/actress Toni Braxton talked briefly about a past\u00a0abortion, telling them it\u00a0made her sad and she had to forgive herself for having it.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/-DNgXvAj7Ks<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grammy winner was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/celebrity\/video\/toni-braxton-had-forgive-myself-225818167.html?ref=gs\" target=\"_blank\">speaking<\/a> with The Insider about the Lifetime movie she produced about her own life, \u201cToni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart,\u201d when she was asked about the biggest thing she had to forgive herself for:<em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I had to forgive myself for the abortion. Here it is years later and I had to forgive myself for that moment. And, it stunned me and it almost corrupt my energy and made it &#8211; I&#8217;m not going to say less positive- it just made it sad way too long.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The abortion lobby likes to try and convince their constituents that women do not regret abortion. Sadly, sometimes the longer women buy into this lie, the longer their pain lingers. Women who have had abortions and are now pro-life <a href=\"\/news\/women-share-their-post-abortion-pain-and-tegret\/\">have stated<\/a>\u00a0that as Braxton admits, there is a pain associated with the loss of a child through abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, in her memoir, Braxton implies that she had the abortion in part because the pregnancy was inconvenient.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-86184 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Braxton-Book.jpg\" alt=\"Braxton Book\" width=\"194\" height=\"261\" \/>As previously <a href=\"\/news\/toni-braxton-i-wondered-if-god-gave-me-son-with-autism-as-punishment-for-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> by\u00a0Live Action News, Braxton suffered from great guilt after her abortion, and years later when her son was diagnosed with autism, her guilt intensified.<\/p>\n<p>She writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>I thought it was because of the abortion, God was punishing me.<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I have sometimes wondered whether God was punishing me for the abortion I had years ago by allowing my son to have autism. Or by giving me so many health issues.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Live Action News writer Christina Marie Bennett addressed the issue of abortion regret when she <a href=\"\/news\/post-abortive-women-shouting-abortion-regret-speaking-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> this in a previous piece:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In reality, we know abortion isn\u2019t just a [sic] emotionally painless, all around feel good decision. If that was the case, post abortion groups like Rachel\u2019s Vineyard, Silent No More Awareness, and Forgiven &amp; Set Free (all of which you can find online) wouldn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Post abortive pro-life activist Michele Herzog has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/saynsumthn.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/27\/i-will-not-shoutyourabortion-says-pro-life-woman-who-had-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\">outspoken<\/a> about what women who have abortions really feel, saying,\u00a0\u201cWomen know that there is a child growing inside a womb; the after-effects of abortion are truly destroying and devastating our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, Braxton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tonibraxton\/info\/?tab=page_info\" target=\"_blank\">describes<\/a> herself on her Facebook page as &#8220;Mother First!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling from a past abortion, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/abortionrecovery.org\/home\/tabid\/295\/Default.aspx\">Abortion Recovery InterNational&#8217;s CARE Directory &amp; CARE Line<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview with The Insider, singer\/actress Toni Braxton talked briefly about a past\u00a0abortion, telling them it\u00a0made her sad and she had to forgive herself for having it. https:\/\/youtu.be\/-DNgXvAj7Ks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":86391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[19,2219,3205,2432],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Toni Braxton: &#039;I had to forgive myself for the abortion&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;I had to forgive myself for the abortion. 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