Rather than tackling issues in a political framework, Mallette is speaking out about her personal experience with sexual abuse, depression and the prospects of abortion. In an interview with “Today” that will air this week, she explains why she opted not to have an abortion and to keep her son.
At the age of 17, Mallette became pregnant with Bieber and was encouraged to have an abortion, but that prospect wasn’t palatable to her, she explained.
I was married 6 months when I found out I was pregnant. On birth control, but took an antibiotic , and suprise! It wasn't our plan, we were making 30k a year combined. But we made it work, eventhough some family members suggested otherwise. I decided to stay home and be a mother rather than to pay daycare costs that were more then my income. We did not get food stamps, financial aide, any type of assistance. My husband worked hard to support us, and now we have two beautiful children, and he makes 6x what he did back then. We did it with hard work and dedication to our family. It's easy to seek other alternatives, such as government handouts, and abortions. But hard work pays off, and I'm glad we made the choices we did. " we built this!"
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