Actress Patricia Neal starred in films such as Hud, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and The Day the Earth Stood Still.
When she was 21, she had an affair with 46-year-old-and-married Gary Cooper. She got pregnant. Gary Cooper insisted she have an abortion, so she did. In her autobiography, “As I Am”, Neal said that this abortion was the biggest sorrow of her life: “If I had only one thing to do over in my life, I would have that baby.”
Olivia Braaten talk about Neal’s life in an article: “She publicly supported fellow actress Ingrid Bergman in 1950, when she gave birth to a child out of wedlock despite Hollywood’s raised eyebrows. As Neal told PEOPLE magazine, she wished she had exhibited Bergman’s bravery instead of succumbing to pressure to hide her pregnancy by turning to abortion.”
Help your pregnant daughter be brave and not succumb to pressure to abort her child and your grandchild. Our book “How To Survive Your Teen’s Pregnancy” has helpful information as you both examine single parenting and adoption as alternatives.
