Mother Goes Public with Story of Being Thankful She Did Not Abort the Baby She Conceived During Rape
"I will say that she was the good that came out of something bad. And I will tell her that, however she came to be, I have never ever regretted having her, and I would not be without her for the world."
(United Kingdom)?Elizabeth Cameron (her name has been changed to protect her privacy) has gone public with the decision she made to keep the baby she conceived when she was raped at the age of 16.
Said Elizabeth in a Daily Mail interview: "Everyone, save for Mum, thought I should have an abortion. My dad even made an appointment at the clinic, and they showed me the little blob on the scan, I presume, to convince me that it was just a mass of cells and the whole thing would be over quickly. But I couldn't go through with it. At school, my friends?most of whom didn't even know about the rape?couldn't understand why anyone my age would want to have a baby rather than an abortion. And the few I did tell about what had happened were even more horrified that I would want to go through with the birth. But I did. And I don't regret it for a moment." (Photo: Daily Mail)
Speaking of the moment she held her daughter for the first time, Elizabeth added, "she did not remind me of that night, and I knew then that having her was more important than what had happened."
Said Elizabeth's mother: "People have been horrible. But that just made us more determined to fight for this innocent little child. She had not asked to be conceived, had she? We had always been regular churchgoers in our community before this. But we faced so many barbed comments from people at church that we stopped going there and went somewhere else. Sometimes, it has felt like me and Elizabeth against the rest of the world."
On the subject of someday having to tell the baby the circumstances of her birth, Elizabeth added, "I will say that she was the good that came out of something bad. And I will tell her that, however she came to be, I have never ever regretted having her, and I would not be without her for the world."
To read more details of Elizabeth's story, follow the link provided.
