{"id":1078689,"date":"2021-12-02T23:13:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T04:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078689"},"modified":"2021-12-02T23:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T04:13:43","slug":"billie-jean-king-tries-to-prove-abortion-is-necessary-ends-up-proving-it-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billie-jean-king-tries-to-prove-abortion-is-necessary-ends-up-proving-it-isnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Jean King Tries to Prove Abortion is Necessary, Ends Up Proving It Isn&#039;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbillie-jean-king-tries-to-prove-abortion-is-necessary-ends-up-proving-it-isnt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">In an op-ed for the <i>Washington Post<\/i>, former tennis star Billie Jean King wrote in support of landmark abortion law <i>Roe v Wade<\/i> by claiming that abortion is necessary even as her own story seems to prove an abortion was not necessary.<\/p>\n<p>In her December 1 op-ed, the 78-year-old tennis star wrote about her own abortion in 1971 and posited that it was a perfect example of why abortion was not just necessary, but a right.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>King noted that the U.S. Supreme Court was hearing a case this week that has the potential of having a great impact on <i>Roe v Wade<\/i>, the 1973 law that has served as the cornerstone of the modern left\u2019s ideology.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/abortion-rights-advocates-and-antiabortion-protesters-demonstrate-in-picture-id1236932555\" alt=\"Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on December 1, 2021. - The...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on December 1, 2021. \u2013 The justices weigh whether to uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks and overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY \/ AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost Americans today can\u2019t remember a time when abortion was a felony in most states, even in instances of rape or incest, but I remember all too well. My own experience obtaining a legal abortion, two years before the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, illustrates why we must never roll back our hard-won reproductive rights,\u201d King wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>King went on to tell readers that in 1971, she became pregnant. But at 27, she was one of the top-ranked female tennis players in the world and the timing was poor for a pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was on the road constantly to help launch the world\u2019s first professional all-women\u2019s tour. In fact, I learned I was pregnant after almost throwing up on court during a match.\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>Oh dear God<\/i>, I thought when the test came back positive. <i>Now what do I do<\/i>?\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>King claimed she lied to the press about having the flu as she withdrew from playing, and then she and her then-husband, Larry King, talked about their options. They ultimately decided that an abortion was called for.<\/p>\n<p>However, even as she seemed to be claiming that having an abortion was a necessity for her and Larry, she then added that she knew even then that tennis players could go back to competition after having a child.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/billie-jean-king-speaks-to-the-media-during-the-semifinals-of-the-picture-id1263213166\" alt=\"Billie Jean King speaks to the media during the semifinals of the World TeamTennis at The Greenbrier on August 01, 2020 in White Sulphur Springs,...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA \u2013 AUGUST 01: Billie Jean King speaks to the media during the semifinals of the World TeamTennis at The Greenbrier on August 01, 2020 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, tennis was not the deciding factor. I knew that other players had returned to competition after taking time off for pregnancy and childbirth, including the champion Margaret Court. Twice,\u201d King wrote, before adding, \u201cBut our lives were so complicated and unpredictable that I couldn\u2019t imagine bringing up a child in such chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>King\u2019s reasoning for having an abortion seems to come down to mere convenience. After admitting that having a baby would not have ended her growing tennis career, she decided to have one, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Still, King went on to blast the \u201cdegrading\u201d experiences of meeting the state\u2019s requirements to have an abortion in 1971. She had to prove that having a child would \u201cgravely impair\u201d her physical or mental health. She had to appear before a board of 12 people who had the power to deny her wishes. And then her husband had to sign off on the procedure. The latter seemed particularly galling for King.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there was still another indignity: The law required that my husband sign a consent form. Men remained in charge of not just financial matters but even the right to govern my own body,\u201d she wrote indignantly, showing that she believes a father has no right to be included in the decision to abort his child.<\/p>\n<p>King wrapped up her op-ed blasting the states that are passing laws restricting abortion. Though none of the laws in question have outlawed abortion, King still feels they violate a woman\u2019s \u201cfundamental\u201d rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe central premise of <i>Roe<\/i>, which Mississippi seeks to overturn, is about women\u2019s right to make fundamental decisions about their lives, futures, and families,\u201d King wrote in conclusion. \u201cIf we lose the ability to control our bodies and our futures, so many of the gains women have made will be undone. At stake are not only indignities and inequities but the rights to self-determination and equal opportunity that would fall along with <i>Roe<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an op-ed for the Washington Post, former tennis star Billie Jean King wrote in support of landmark abortion law Roe v Wade by claiming that abortion is necessary even &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}