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Famous Moms Whose Parents Decided Against Aborting Them

July 3, 2021 by watkinsT 11 Comments

Can you imagine if your favorite celebrity was never born? Well, if the mothers of the five celebrities below went through with an intended abortion, or listened to family members insistence to have one, then these famous moms wouldn’t be here today.

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1. Brooke Shields – When Brooke Shields’ mother Teri announced that she was pregnant, her boyfriend’s father offered her money to end the pregnancy. Brooke’s father, Frank, was a wealthy University of Pennsylvania graduate seven years Teri’s junior, and his mother was of Italian nobility. Shields’ mother took the abortion money, bought a fancy coffee table and then birthed a beautiful baby girl. “Basically, it just wouldn’t look good for my dad to father a child with somebody from Newark,” Shields reportedly said.

2. Cher – Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer and actress, Cher, spoke about her mother’s initial decision to abort her in a revealing 2010 interview. “My mother told me once about how she got pregnant with me and didn’t want to be with my dad; she was just so young and inexperienced. My grandmother said, ‘You have a bright future.’ She actually suggested an abortion, so my mom was in the doctor’s office—a back-alley doctor—getting on the table. And then at the last minute, she said, ‘I can’t do this. I don’t care what happens—I can’t do this.'”

3. Alveda King – Fox News Contributor and NAACP activist, Alveda King explained her abortion story in an interview with The 700 Club, “My mother wanted to abort me, and that was basically a family secret…” The niece of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. continued. “My grandfather stopped her and said that he had a dream and saw me perfectly. He was a prophetic dreamer, like Martin.”

4. Lisa Marie Presley – In the biography, Down at the End of Lonely Street: Life and Death of Elvis Presley by William Heinemann it talks about the relationship between Lisa Marie’s parents, Elvis and Priscilla Presley. The book claims that early on in her marriage Priscilla found out that she was expecting a child but was not initially happy about the pregnancy, certain that it would destroy the closeness she found with Elvis. She considered abortion and discussed it with Elvis, but both decided they could not live with themselves if they had gone through with it.

5. Celine Dion – Canadian singer, songwriter Celine Dion has said that she credits her family’s parish priest for convincing her mother not to abort her. When Dion’s mother learned she was pregnant with Celine, the 14th child in the family, she asked the priest if she could have an abortion. The priest upheld the teachings of the Catholic Church and told her that she could not abort her child. “He told her that she had no right to go against nature,” Dion told Catholic World News. “Once she got over her disappointment, my mother didn’t waste any time on self-pity, and loved me as passionately as she’d loved the last little one.”

Filed Under: Celebrity Loss & Tragedy, In the Spotlight, Interesting Celebrity Mom Facts

Comments

  1. Melissa M. says

    October 18, 2015 at 11:04 pm

    What interesting stories! Thankful to these moms who chose life for their babies.

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  2. jennyb says

    October 19, 2015 at 12:16 am

    I can’t imagine Elvis without his daughter; he loved her so much.

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  3. lauren | talk of the trains blog says

    October 19, 2015 at 12:33 pm

    So interesting. Very thankful for those who have chosen life.

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  4. Camile says

    October 19, 2015 at 2:34 pm

    Interesting read! I had no idea these incredible women were almost aborted. Sounds like their moms made the right decision for themselves and as a result were blessed to give birth to incredible children.

    Reply
  5. T Austin says

    October 19, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    Great article. And a great reminder that every life has so much value!

    Reply
  6. Clare Speer says

    October 19, 2015 at 5:45 pm

    Wow – this is powerful! And bless these mothers for coming forth and telling the truth!

    Reply
  7. Autumn says

    October 19, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    I loved this article! As someone who is adopted (to parents who got their first baby after 18 years of parents), I wish more people chose adoption as their option.

    Reply
  8. Jessica says

    October 21, 2015 at 1:15 pm

    This was a really interesting read. I am happy that they had the strength to go forward with their pregnancy!

    Reply
  9. Biblioeditor says

    June 26, 2022 at 3:37 am

    Why is it that when you are happy about your pregnancy, it is a baby, but when you want to abort, it’s just a clump of cels and not really a baby?

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  10. Biblioeditor says

    June 26, 2022 at 3:39 am

    Why is it that when you are happy about your pregnancy it is a baby but when you want to abort it is just a clump of cels and not really a baby

    Reply
  11. Biblioeditor says

    June 26, 2022 at 3:40 am

    Why is it that when you are happy about your pregnancy it is a baby but when you want to abort it is just a clump of cels and not really a baby

    Reply

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