The 36-year-old actress, who is married to John Legend, explained that she made the “difficult decision” to terminate the pregnancy at 20 weeks after coming to terms with the fact that neither she nor Jack would likely survive if the pregnancy continued. After discussing the experience, Chrissy has received hate messages from critics on social media, including some who accused her of lying – after admitting she had to abort the baby to save her life. Honest: Bullying: Chrissy Teigen has hit back at the cruel comments she received from online trolls after opening up about having a life-saving abortion – which resulted in the death of her late son Jack in September 2020 Reaction: She took to Twitter on Friday to address the vile hate she’s been receiving and explained that it doesn’t affect her She took to Twitter on Friday to address the vile hate she’s been receiving and explained that it doesn’t affect her. Chrissy wrote: “I knew this was going to happen, and honestly I’ve already seen you do your worst, so if this makes you feel better, that would be great. But it doesn’t make me feel worse.’ Several have claimed that Chrissy is ‘lying’ about her ordeal, while others have commented that she is ‘trying to stay relevant’. Another wrote: “Sorry you lost your child but stop milking this story.” A third added: She’s such a drama queen, she needs therapy.’ In a subsequent tweet, Chrissy revealed that these messages came from the comments section of a magazine and called them ‘brutal’. Chrissy wrote: “I knew this was going to happen, and honestly I’ve already seen you do your worst, so if this makes you feel better, that would be great. But it doesn’t make me feel worse.’ Earlier this week, Chrissy candidly discussed the ordeal she previously described as a ‘miscarriage’. According to THR , Chrissy said, “Let’s call it what it was: It was an abortion. An abortion to save my life for a baby that had absolutely no chance. And to be honest, never, ever, until a few months ago.” The couple had said Jack died as a result of complications caused by partial placental abruption, when the placenta detaches from the uterus, depriving the baby of oxygen and causing the mother to bleed profusely. Chrissy is currently pregnant with her and John’s fourth child. They share daughter Luna Simone, six, and son Miles Theodore, four. Brutal: In a follow-up tweet, Chrissy revealed these messages came from a magazine’s comments section and called them “brutal” She spoke candidly about coming to terms with her abortion in 2020 while appearing at Propper Daley’s “A Day of Unreasonable Conversation” summit Thursday in Beverly Hills. “Two years ago, when I was pregnant with Jack, John and my third child, I had to make many difficult and heartbreaking decisions,” the star began. “It became very clear around the halfway point that she wasn’t going to survive and neither was I going to survive without any medical intervention.” ‘Difficult decision’: John Legend’s wife, 36, explained she made the ‘difficult decision’ to terminate the pregnancy at 20 weeks after coming to terms with the fact that neither she nor Jack would likely survive Although she had long considered Jack’s death a miscarriage, Chrissy said it was her husband John who helped her realize she had in fact had an abortion. The revelation came amid the Supreme Court’s shocking decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which protected the right to abortion, last June. Chrissy admitted it gave her a “shock”. “I fell silent, feeling strange that I hadn’t taken it that way. I told people we had a miscarriage, people agreed we had a miscarriage, all the headlines said it was a miscarriage. “And I was really disappointed that I didn’t say, in the beginning, what it was, and I felt stupid that it took me over a year to realize that we had had an abortion,” she admitted. Family: They share daughter Luna Simone, six, and son Miles Theodore, four. the family he saw in April In the final weeks of her pregnancy with Jack, Chrissy took to Instagram to tell her about her complications. Specifically, the founder of Cravings was dealing with uncontrollable bleeding. She was forced into adult diapers and put on bed rest. On September 30, 2020, Chrissy returned to the platform to report that doctors were unable to control her bleeding despite multiple blood transfusions. Waiting: Chrissy is currently pregnant with her and John’s fourth child “We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids she needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions. It just wasn’t enough,” she wrote, before revealing that Jack did not survive. “To our Jack – I’m so sorry that your early life was met with so many complications that we couldn’t give you the home you needed to survive. We will always love you,” read another part of Chrissy’s post. Along with her heartbreaking text, Chrissy included a slideshow of black and white photos of herself in her hospital bed as she and John mourned their child. One photo showed the couple crying and hugging their deceased son, while another showed a distraught Chrissy sitting on the edge of her hospital bed with tears streaming down her face. Heartbreaking: On September 30, 2020, Chrissy returned to the platform to report that doctors were unable to control her bleeding despite multiple blood transfusions Shortly after, she revealed that she would never be able to carry a child again, writing on Instagram: “I love being pregnant, so much, and I’m sorry I’ll never be again.” In a blog post published on Medium in October 2020, Chrissy described how a partial placental abruption dramatically changed the course of her pregnancy. “At this point I had already come to terms with what was going to happen: I would have an epidural and be induced to deliver our child at 20 weeks, a boy who would never have survived in my womb (please forgive the lay terms), ” written. In another passage she recalled the moment the doctor told her that Jack would not survive and that the pregnancy put her life in danger as well. “After a few nights in the hospital, my doctor told me exactly what I knew was coming — it was time to say goodbye. He just wouldn’t survive this, and if it went on any longer, I might not either.” In Jack’s honor, Chrissy and John planted a tree at their home in the Thai tradition. “It is important to us in the Thai tradition to always embrace those we have lost and they are never, ever gone. “This tree was planted inside the house, the reason I wanted it was so Jack’s ashes would be in this soil and be with us all the time and grow through the beautiful leaves of this tree,” he said. Earlier this year, Chrissy informed her fans that she was undergoing IVF treatment – despite previously claiming she would not be able to conceive again. She completed treatment in March and by August, the couple confirmed they were expecting their fourth child together.
Because abortions can be life-saving
Abortions are usually done because women do not want to have a child, or because their pregnancy was unplanned or unwanted. They differ in miscarriages, which are involuntary and occur during the first 23 weeks of pregnancy. However, in some cases abortions are an emergency procedure required to save the mother’s life. In England, Scotland and Wales, where a woman’s life is at risk or the baby is seriously disabled, there is no time limit on access to an abortion under the Abortion Act 1967. Conditions that may qualify include severe infections and severe cases of preeclampsia, in which a woman develops very high blood pressure and is at risk of a stroke. Another reason it may be needed is for placental abruption, which is when the placenta detaches from the uterus depriving the baby of oxygen and causing the mother to bleed heavily. But under the same act, if there is no risk, women can legally terminate a pregnancy only up to 23 weeks. An abortion is considered legal if it is performed by a doctor, authorized by two doctors acting in “good faith” and meets at least one required factor. In the US the picture is different after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overturn Roe v Wade. This highly controversial move ended the legal right of American women to obtain abortions and left individual states to decide whether they are legal. Two dozen conservative states either already have or are considered likely to introduce new restrictions or bans on abortion. That includes Georgia, which bans abortion at about six weeks into pregnancy — before many women even know they’re pregnant.
