‘Never Experienced Any Pain…’: Chrissy Teigen Opens Up About Her Abortion With Her Late Son Jack
Chrissy Teigen faced difficulty coming to terms with the loss of her son, Jack, who passed away prior to birth. On Sunday, October 27, the cookbook author spoke at a rally in support of Arizona’s right-to-abortion initiative, Proposition 139, and shared her personal experience with abortion.
Teigen recounted how her pregnancy with Jack deteriorated. “One thing that was hard for me was that I never experienced any pain in it, so I never thought of it as being anything other than a miscarriage,” she said. She asserted that a significant stigma surrounds abortion, and “No one desires to discuss abortion… I didn’t even know I had one.”
John Legend Reveals Wife Chrissy Teigen’s Life Was In Danger Before Late-Term Abortion
In a recent interview, John Legend disclosed that severe medical complications during a late-term abortion put Chrissy Teigen’s life in jeopardy. “She was well past 15 weeks when she had to have an abortion. She was miscarrying and bleeding out, and all these things were happening,” Legend explained.
The couple’s loss stemmed from a partial placental abruption, a serious condition where the placenta detaches from the uterus before delivery. “People that have an abortion after 15 weeks almost always wanted to keep the baby,” he said, adding, “But there’s some kind of complication that came up that they have to have an abortion.”
Chrissy Teigen Gets Honest About Her Abortion Experience
Chrissy Teigen suffered a devastating experience a few years ago when she lost her son Jack in what she believed was a miscarriage at the start, but it turned out to be an abortion. At a Phoenix rally, Teigen recalled her shocking reaction when she came to know her miscarriage due to pregnancy complications was, in fact, a life-saving abortion. “One thing that was hard for me was that I never experienced any pain in it, so I never thought of it as being anything other than a miscarriage,” she said.
Teigen observed, “The word abortion carries such a stigma.” Nobody wants to say, “Abortion.” I didn’t even know I had one. It was extremely embarrassing to confess this in front of everyone. Her moment of realization came when she was having a conversation with her husband, John Legend. Teigen wants to work toward eradicating the stigma around abortion and amplifying the voices of those who have suffered from a similar situation. She wishes to spread the message that “abortion is healthcare.”
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