Mother of Andrea Bocelli Reveals She Refused to Abort the World-Famous Opera Singer When She was Pregnant with Him

Dorothy Cummings McLean : Jan 25, 2018
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Bocelli said he hoped that the story of his brave mother "could encourage many mothers that find themselves in difficult situations in those moments when life is complicated, but want to save the life of their baby."

(Italy)—[Lifesitenews.com] Once upon a time, a frightened young bride was told that she was pregnant with a blind child and that she should abort him. She refused, and the boy grew up to become a musical superstar. (Photo: Andrea Bocelli/via Classic FM)

It may sound like a fairytale, but it's true. During an episode of Italy's Sunday talk show "Domenica In" last week, Edi Alighieri, mother of Andrea Bocelli, described the dramatic circumstances under which she found out she was pregnant.

As Bocelli himself revealed in 2009, when Alighieri was a young newlywed, she went to the hospital with terrible stomach pains, thinking she might have appendicitis. There she was told that she was pregnant, but the baby she was carrying was already seriously disabled. He had congenital glaucoma that would render him blind, doctors told her, from birth.

"They told me to abort. I refused," she was reported saying on the program...

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