Liam Payne's Ex Maya Henry Opens Up About 'Painful' Abortion Experience
Liam Payne's Ex Maya Henry Opens Up About 'Painful' Abortion Experience: 'If It Were Up to Me, I Wouldn't Have' (Exclusive) https://t.co/oOJSD7WljP
- People (@people) May 16, 2024
Maya Henry, 23, is opening about her difficult experience with abortion.
She released the novel 'Looking Forward', a work of fiction "inspired by true events,"
Maya "drew inspiration" from her real life - and in one pivotal scene in the novel, the main character Mallory endures a painful abortion after her partner warns her he will walk away from the relationship if she chooses to keep their baby.
Maya went through in real life is “very similar” to that of her character, and that she dealt with serious complications with little support (In the book, Mallory is encouraged by her partner’s team to not seek treatment for hemorrhaging in the hospital for fear of being spotted in public and word getting out).
“If it were up to me, I wouldn’t have done it. But then also, if I were to have made a different decision, then I would’ve lost the person that I loved. There were definitely difficult conversations about it. But looking back now, things happen for a reason.”
Maya suffered complications during her abortion, and ultimately had to take herself to the hospital.
“It was very lonely, having these men tell you, ‘Oh, it’s going to feel like a heavy period, it’s not going to be that painful, it’s going to be easy.’ But I’m like, you’ve never even gone through anything like [this], so how would you know to tell me? That’s why I wanted to include it in the book, because I’ve seen so many people online talk about taking the abortion pill and it was the most painful thing for them. It’s just mind boggling to me that you could tell a woman how they’re going to feel.”
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