Deep Dive: Listener Stories About Abortion

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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When it comes to the topic of abortion, I prefer to pontificate than debate. I also like to hear your thoughts. Which is why, after I read the following email on-air, I asked listeners to call in and share stories about being in a similar situation as this husband, who was forty when he wrote in for advice... Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:24.2	When it comes to the topic of abortion, I prefer to pontificate rather than debate.
0:29.3	I also, though, really want to hear your thoughts, which is why, after I read the following
0:35.5	email on air, I asked listeners to call in and share
0:39.5	stories about being in a similar situation as this husband, who was 40 when he wrote in for advice.
0:48.1	He said, my wife is 41, almost 42. We have two children, five and three. We've been married six years. We were using
0:58.7	protection, except during menstruation and right after. My wife uses an app to track fertility.
1:09.0	Expected date of menstruation. Well, we didn't bother to do all that checking last month.
1:13.6	I thought it was still close to menstruation,
1:16.6	and she missed her expected period.
1:19.6	We just found out she's pregnant.
1:22.6	She wants to abort next week
1:25.6	when she meets with a gynecologist, and I'm beside myself,
1:31.3	because I want her to keep it. I know you're against terminating, and I offered that we could give the child up for adoption.
1:41.6	She refuses. I'm getting desperate trying to stop her.
1:47.2	And I have no power in New York where we live.
1:52.8	Actually, you have no power anywhere.
1:55.0	My wife is coming up with every excuse, such as not giving the other children enough attention,
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