Britney forced into having an abortion by Justin Timberlake

[Jbrown76]

Apparently the song/video everytime is about her much wanted baby

www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12640995/amp/Britney-Spears-fell-pregnant-Justin-Timberlake-abortion.html

Publicity stunt. These people can afford therapy

She was much much bigger than him.

Britney Spears is the closest any female artist has come to Madonna as regards fame (Spice Girls being a group I'm not including them).

Nsync had a lesser impact than Backstreet Boys (or latterly One Direction). Timberlake became much bigger than his boyband years after leaving them. How he became big I dunno as his songs are terrible as is his voice.

I imagine if I was in that situation and had to choose between my career that my whole family had invested in and baby with the man I loved who could easily walk away, my mental health would h a been severely impacted. Enough to hurt him back by cheating? Enough to numb the pain with drugs and alcohol? To keep being the product she was created to be… she went from sweet and switched on to off the rails. It could’ve been a trigger for sure and if he knew all that and has talked trash about her and profited off her, certainly not the last man she was exploited by, hoping that by giving him sexiest sex she would get love and safety and absolution? Well it explains a lot.

Having a boyfriend who as a teenager doesn’t want to be a dad doesn’t mean she was forced. She chose not to continue with the pregnancy - obviously his feelings played a part but it was her choice. I’m not JTs biggest fan but it’s unfair to say he forced her here- he’s allowed to say he doesn’t want to be a dad when he’s only a teenager.

His first single post-NSYNC didn't do all that well but his second single was Cry Me a River which he made known was about Britney and included a video with a Britney lookalike. It did much better and generated a lot of interest, largely thanks to the "insight" he provided into the break-up which had been the source of a lot of gossip and speculation. He then decided that capitalising on the break-up and on Britney's increasingly erratic behaviour was the best way to boost his career. He went on a press-tour for the album where he claimed to have taken Britney's virginity, he did a big interview with Barbara Walters where he sang a song called Horrible Woman and made it clear it was about Britney. He released What Goes Around Comes Around at the time of Britney's very public break-down, yet another song about the end of the relationship and at his concerts he would sing a cover of Rehab and dedicate it to her. Even now, twenty years later, he brings up the break-up every time he needs to generate buzz around a single or a movie of his. He has built his entire career on tearing other people down, particularly Britney. He painted her as The Bitch Who Broke His Heart and The Nutjob Ex who he was so superior to in order to further his own fame.

His first single post-NSYNC didn't do all that well

That's a weird rewriting of history. Like I Love You was huge.

I had my first born when I was 16 like veterinary care assistant and I agree with her. If anything Britney's circumstances made it easier for her as she had a lot of money a nice big place to live etc
Obviously she is very mentally ill now but wasn't always that way.

Nowhere near as huge as was anticipated, it only debuted at 60-something in the US charts and the highest it charted there was number 11. It did better over here where it reached number two in the charts but the UK is a small market compared to elsewhere and less than six weeks after its release it had dropped out of the top 20 and was out of the top 100 around three months after. Cry Me a River did much better as it capitalised on the post-breakup gossip and speculation which JT took full advantage of.

I'm not a Brittany fan musically but Everytime is such a sad melancholy song. I guess we know why now.

Absolutely there is a range between being influenced and forced.

But in these particular circumstances - aborting a pregnancy- the other parent's stance has a great deal of impact.

Neither of you were in her circumstances or had her background.

The vast vast majority of the population would be the same.

Worlds apart.

It's bizarre that some ppl would think this like.

I do believe that she was coerced into having an abortion, but not necessarily just by Justin.

He may have said he didn't want to be a dad at 19, and that's fair enough to be honest. He was on the cusp of a huge career, as was she, and they wouldn't have been able to be good parents. Openly admitting and realising that isn't actually a bad thing. His behaviour to her after their split however....as a PP said, for 20+ years he's continued to piggy back on her fame and slam her every chance he got (such as saying Vegas residencies was for has-beens, saying there's always been Madonna wannabes, and he's dated some of them...the videos for CMAR and WGACA).

But there's also the influence of her parents. Her father had been openly abusive her whole life. When Jamie Lynn was pregnant, he wanted to send her away and make her give the child up for adoption but JL had to fight for herself. Her mother openly said that Britney had no capacity or understanding of life when she got married in Vegas and forced Brit to annul the marriage. It might have been for the right reasons, but her parents have seemingly spent her life telling her that she didn't understand things, which I assume is so they can keep her under their control.

Then you've got the record company/management. Firstly, there's Brit's image as virginal child star - having a child as a teenager out of wedlock would have knocked that idea far away. Then, there's the juxtaposition of placing Brit as the sexiest woman in the world - let's face it, a teen/young pregnancy isn't sexy. They wouldn't have wanted that. Let alone the prospect of not being able to work their cash cow to death.

So I fully believe that while she wanted the baby, she would have been under extreme pressure from literally every single person in her life to have an abortion because it made "their lives" easier.

You know she hasn't said she was forced right? It's the press saying she was.

What some people will do for attention! It's no-ones business now or then apart from theirs.

This is the other side of abortion.

Women are expected to have abortions when men/society want them.

Why can't we as feminists stand up for these women?

There’s nothing here that says he expected her to. Wanting someone to do something and expecting them to are different things.

She didn’t want to continue a pregnancy the would-be father didn’t want. That’s a fair position. I’m not sure what power anyone else could have over the situation, given that he can’t be forced into being happy about, and wanting, it.

I was forced to continue an unwanted pregnancy, because the laws of the country I lived in required spousal consent to abort, and consent was denied. Believe me, I know first hand what it is to be forced to do something against your will. She may have had mixed feelings, but she had the absolute freedom to decide, either way. She was not forced.

She may have had mixed feelings, but she had the absolute freedom to decide, either way. She was not forced

She hasn't said she was.

I didn’t claim she said she was forced. But others on this thread are implying she was.

I was forced to continue an unwanted pregnancy, because the laws of the country I lived in required spousal consent to abort, and consent was denied. Believe me, I know first hand what it is to be forced to do something against your will.

^ well if you want to argue coercive behaviour doesn't count as being forced then I'll argue you could have fled abroad, or sought a progressive women's charity's support for an illegal termination.

More than 40 years ago, as a 19 year old, no driver’s license, no job, no internet, in a very remote rural area, far from a major city, without a support system? Sure. 🙄

Not sure this is true. Vast swathes of many societies believe women shouldn't have abortions under any circumstances and even in countries like the UK where abortion is freely available it tends to be frowned upon.

Unfortunately the flip side of having access to abortion is that sometimes you can feel pressured to have one. I don't think it should happen but I can understand Timberlake not feeling ready to be a dad. Ideally, he should have been willing to step up if she decided to go ahead. That's how my body my choice sm works when it works. But it's hard to know if he was just honest about his wishes or refusing to be part of a baby's future. Either way, I don't think we can say he forced her on the strength of this.

On a tangent, I can understand better now that Britney is a very vulnerable person who needs a lot of support. Who knows when the bipolar began to manifest but she has it really tough. Watching her videos, I can understand her family wanting to protect her from herself a bit - though not to the point of forcing her to continue performing and making birth control decisions. That's the real wrong that has been done to her.