Link: Woman Has Abortion After
A twenty-seven year old woman from Naaldwijk in the Netherlands recently had an abortion after the ultrasound of her child received disappointingly few likes on Facebook. Karine Voorthuizen (27) posted the 20-week echo, but after four days only three of her 282 friends had clicked ‘like’, and not a single person left a comment.
Voorthuizen was going to be mother for the second time in February, but the lack of enthusiasm on the social networking site has changed her plans. “I want my child to come into this world loved and wanted by his or her surroundings. When that turned out not to be the case, I needed to take action. I understand it’s painful for the three people who did ‘like’ the announcement, but this is a decision I had to make.’
‘It certainly wasn’t a rushed decision,’ says Voorthuizen. ‘Doubts started to arise when I announced my pregnancy on Twitter four months ago. After a week the tweet was retweeted only five times. It was double that amount when I announced my first pregnancy. My doctor kept saying that this was normal, but for me it was a clear sign that something was wrong.’
A twenty-seven year old woman from Naaldwijk in the Netherlands recently had an abortion after the ultrasound of her child received disappointingly few likes on Facebook. Karine Voorthuizen (27) posted the 20-week echo, but after four days only three of her 282 friends had clicked ‘like’, and not a single person left a comment.
Voorthuizen was going to be mother for the second time in February, but the lack of enthusiasm on the social networking site has changed her plans. “I want my child to come into this world loved and wanted by his or her surroundings. When that turned out not to be the case, I needed to take action. I understand it’s painful for the three people who did ‘like’ the announcement, but this is a decision I had to make.’
‘It certainly wasn’t a rushed decision,’ says Voorthuizen. ‘Doubts started to arise when I announced my pregnancy on Twitter four months ago. After a week the tweet was retweeted only five times. It was double that amount when I announced my first pregnancy. My doctor kept saying that this was normal, but for me it was a clear sign that something was wrong.’
