{"id":2073909,"date":"2023-10-20T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T12:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/britney-spears-calls-abortion-she-never-really-wanted-among-most-agonizing-experiences-of-her-life\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T09:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:01:00","slug":"britney-spears-calls-abortion-she-never-really-wanted-among-most-agonizing-experiences-of-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/britney-spears-calls-abortion-she-never-really-wanted-among-most-agonizing-experiences-of-her-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears regrets abortion, labels it as one of her most painful experiences."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fbritney-spears-calls-abortion-she-never-really-wanted-among-most-agonizing-experiences-of-her-life%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=2073909&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--><h2>How many people who call the unborn \u201cjust \u2064a clump of cells\u201d are prepared to read Britney Spears\u2019 \u200cnew\u200d memoir?<\/h2>\n<p>Normally, a memoir from a troubled pop star wouldn\u2019t be anything of sociopolitical import. There\u200c are bound to be some \u201cshocking revelations\u201d that the\u200b denser portions of your social media friends list will be talking about for a week or two (see\u200d also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-will-smith-jada-pinkett-smith-separated-since-2016-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith, Jada Pinkett<\/a>), and\u2063 then the book will hit \u200bthe remainder bin shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>However, when the \u2064pop star has been through a\u200c series of grueling public trials \u2014 including breakdowns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/court-ordered-investigate-spears-claims-conservatorship-allegedly-forced-use-iud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and a conservatorship<\/a> \u2014 yet still calls an abortion she feels pressured into one of the worst experiences of her life, you can see why those who were all behind #ShoutYourAbortion might hush up\u200d on this one.<\/p>\n<p>According to an\u200d excerpt obtained\u200d by <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-pregnancy-abortion-exclusive-8362622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> magazine, Spears alleges in her forthcoming\u2063 memoir, \u2062\u201cThe Woman in Me,\u201d that she became pregnant by longtime boyfriend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/justin-timberlake-says-americas-founders-believed-racism-calls-statue-removals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Timberlake<\/a> in 2000 but \u200bwas pressured into having an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a surprise, but for me, it wasn\u2019t a tragedy. I loved Justin so much,\u201d\u2063 Spears wrote \u200cin the book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always expected us to have a \u2064family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I\u2019d anticipated,\u201d the 41-year-old \u200csinger said.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200cthe complication was the man in her life wasn\u2019t\u200c ready to man up, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut\u2063 Justin definitely wasn\u2019t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren\u2019t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were\u2062 way too young,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/britney-spears-reported-manic-episode-stirs-headlines-hollywood-husband-hits-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spears<\/a> wrote.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote that \u201chad been left up to \u200dme alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn\u2019t want \u2063to be a father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, Spears aborted the unborn child. The two would break up in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo this day, it\u2019s one of \u2064the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life,\u201d she wrote in the book.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Britney Spears reveals she and \u2064Justin Timberlake \u200cagreed to get an abortion after she got pregnant with his baby, due to him not \u201cbeing \u2062happy\u201d about it:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a surprise, but for \u200cme, it wasn\u2019t a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected \u2063us to have \u200ba family \u2063together one\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o63B8m1PiA\">pic.twitter.com\/o63B8m1PiA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1714304106310074698?\">October 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spears has two sons with her \u200cformer husband, Kevin Federline \u2014 ages 18 and 17.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/britney-spears-says-she-aborted-child-while-dating-justin-timberlake-calls-decision-agonizing\/?utm_source=latest_news&#038;utm_campaign=usa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LifeSite News<\/a> noted Tuesday, the pop star\u2063 lost custody of her children <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-the-latest-spears-parents-talk-in-court-evaluation-sought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under \u2063her conservatorship<\/a> and said she \u2064was forced to have an intrauterine device\u2064 implanted during that period to stop her from \u2064getting pregnant again.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, many users have been speculating that the song \u201cEverytime\u201d \u2014 from Spears 2003 album \u200b\u201cIn\u200b the Zone\u201d \u2014 deals with her abortion experience.<\/p>\n<p>Among the lyrics? \u201cI guess I need you, baby; and every time I see you in my dreams I see your face: it\u2019s haunting me,\u201d and, \u201cPlease, forgive me; my weakness caused you pain; And \u200bthis song\u2019s my sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video also features a \u200bwoman in the delivery room:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s worth noting that Timberlake\u2019s \u200bcamp has thus far declined comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u200d New York Post\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/10\/19\/britney-spears-lost-virginity-before-justin-timberlake-relationship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Page Six<\/a>, sources close <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/justin-timberlake-making-big-change-super-bowl-halftime-show-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to Timberlake<\/a> said the former *NSYNC singer was \u200c\u201cconcerned\u201d about what Spears might reveal in her memoir and that it was \u201ceating at\u200d him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well it \u200bshould, given the public barbs the two have traded \u200bover the years. Granted,\u2064 this is one \u2064woman\u2019s side of the story, but it\u2019s certainly a compelling one \u2014 and \u200done that, with the retrospective corroborating \u200bevidence provided by the \u201cEverytime\u201d video, seems even more credible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you believe some of Spears&#8217; \u200bbehavior can be explained by feelings associated with the abortion?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates \u200cfree of charge via email. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u2063 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction \u200bffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar\u200c decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i \u2064 <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3504067\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>The abortion \u2062pressure Spears\u2062 described is not uncommon:\u2062 As the pro-life <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Action<\/a> noted, one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunchoice.com\/pdf\/FactSheets\/ForcedAbortions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> found that\u00a0\u201c64% of women who have undergone an abortion did so due to \u200dpressure from parents, boyfriends, employers, and friends\u201d and \u201cresearch published by the \u200dJournal \u200bof American Physicians and Surgeons reported that 73.8% of women with a history\u2063 of abortion \u2064experienced \u200b\u2018at least subtle forms of pressure\u2019 to abort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spears has been through \u200dthe media ringer\u2063 since she was a teenager, and Britney-bashing is something that has ceased to be a\u200b form\u2064 of amusement for all but the \u200cmost sadistic.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s been sexualized, infantilized and stigmatized by a culture\u2064 and society that likes its celebrities to be just the right \u200camount of fake and hate-worthy. When it became too uncomfortable and too real because Spears\u2019 problems seemed all too human, Us Weekly readers moved on to\u2064 the next target.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, after all that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-extended-restraining-order-sought-against-spears-ex-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spears<\/a> still says having an abortion was \u201cone of the most agonizing things I have ever\u200d experienced in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even the most passive observer of the media knows\u2062 something of Spears\u2019 travails. If she can say\u2064 that in honesty, then \u200cno, it\u2019s not just surgically\u2063 flushing \u201ca clump of cells.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>An Urgent Note from Our Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u200bWestern Journal has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-recruits-super-bowl-champ-to-be-official-spokesman-for-covid-booster\/\" title=\"Pfizer hires Super Bowl champ as COVID booster spokesperson.\">labeled \u201cdangerous\u201d simply<\/a> because we have a biblical worldview and speak \u200cthe truth about what is\u200c happening in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We \u200drefuse to let Big Tech and woke advertisers\u2064 dictate the content \u200bwe share with our community. We stand for truth. We stand for freedom. 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Your support means we can continue to expose \u2062false narratives and defend traditional American values.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please stand with us \u200dby donating today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thank you for your support!<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u200dpost <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/britney-spears-calls-abortion-never-really-wanted-among-agonizing-experiences-life\/\">Britney Spears Calls Abortion She Never\u2062 Really Wanted Among &#8216;Most Agonizing&#8217; Experiences of Her Life<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Britney Spears&#8217; memoir challenge the mainstream narrative surrounding abortion and shed light on its emotional consequences?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Britney Spears&#8217; forthcoming memoir, titled &#8220;The Woman in Me,&#8221; has \u200dalready sparked controversy and raised important\u200b sociopolitical debates. While \u200bmemoirs from troubled\u200c pop stars might not typically be seen as of \u2062societal significance, Spears&#8217; \u200cpersonal account sheds light on a topic that challenges the mainstream narrative surrounding abortion. In her book, Spears alleges that she\u2062 was\u200d pressured into having an abortion by her longtime boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Spears, a public figure who has endured a series of public trials, including a conservatorship, has bravely\u200c shared her story, highlighting\u2063 the \u200cemotional toll of her abortion. Despite the prevailing argument\u200b that a fetus is merely a &#8220;clump of cells,&#8221; Spears&#8217; experience contradicts this\u200b narrative. \u2062She\u200d describes her\u2062 pregnancy as a surprise, but not a\u200d tragedy, and expresses \u200bher love\u2064 for Timberlake. She further reveals her expectation of building a family with him in the future, although not at that particular moment. However, Timberlake, feeling unprepared\u2063 for fatherhood at a young age, persuaded Spears to terminate the pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to have an abortion is deeply personal and \u200ccomplex, and Spears&#8217; memoir adds \u200ca new perspective to the ongoing debate. Her account challenges the \u200dnotion that unborn children are solely\u200b &#8220;clumps of cells&#8221; by showcasing the emotional distress and \u200clasting impact \u2063of such a decision. Spears\u2062 candidly shares that\u200b the abortion\u2062 was one of the most agonizing experiences of\u2064 her life, contradicting the dismissive portrayal of abortion by those who advocate for it.<\/p>\n<p>Spears&#8217; memoir resonates on a\u200d societal level as it confronts the prevailing cultural narrative that promotes abortion \u200cwithout acknowledging its emotional consequences. Her story forces us to reflect on the complexity of \u200creproductive choices and consider the long-term mental and emotional implications for individuals involved. It also challenges\u200c the notion that those \u2064who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/britney-spears-calls-abortion-she-never-really-wanted-among-most-agonizing-experiences-of-her-life\/\" title=\"Britney Spears regrets abortion, labels it as one of her most painful experiences.\">support abortion rights necessarily dismiss<\/a> the gravity \u2064of\u200d the decision.<\/p>\n<p>While Spears&#8217; memoir delves into\u2064 her personal experience, it is\u2064 also crucial to \u2063consider the broader implications. She lost custody of her children under her conservatorship, and she claims\u200b to have been\u200c forced to have an intrauterine device \u2063implanted to prevent another unplanned pregnancy. These\u200b additional aspects of her story raise further questions about the controls placed on her reproductive choices and the impact of her conservatorship on her autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>The reactions on social media have been mixed, with\u2063 some users speculating that the song &#8220;Everytime,&#8221; released\u2063 in 2003, deals with the emotional aftermath \u2064of her abortion. The\u2063 lyrics of the song allude to a profound sense of loss and guilt, and the music video\u2064 features a scene in a delivery room. This connection further reinforces \u200cthe emotional weight of Spears&#8217; experience and provides insight into\u2062 her healing process.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential to \u200bapproach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many dismissing the unborn as a &#8220;clump of cells&#8221; would actually read Britney Spears&#8217; memoir? Typically, a troubled pop star&#8217;s memoir holds no sociopolitical significance. 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