Over the past decade, one of the most heartbreaking things to witness as a former ’90s kid has been the decline of Britney Spears. The iconic pop star we all used to watch perform masterfully choreographed dance moves suddenly became the object of tabloid fodder and now posts strange and often disturbing self-made videos on Instagram.
There are plenty of reasons why Spears may have had a highly publicized mental breakdown. The 2021 documentary “Framing Britney Spears” detailed how the singer’s quick rise to fame and infamous erratic behavior in the early 2000s — of course all caught on camera by the paparazzi — ended with her being under an arguably abusive conservatorship by her father, Jamie Spears. The conservatorship ended in November of 2021.
But now, with the upcoming publication of Spears’ memoir, The Woman in Me, what could be another disturbing reason for the singer’s decline has come to light. According to People Magazine, which broke the story, Spears felt pressure to have an abortion during her relationship with Justin Timberlake in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
From an excerpt of her memoir obtained by People, it sounds like it was not Spears’ idea to undergo an abortion.
“It was a surprise, but for me, it wasn’t a tragedy,” said Spears of the pregnancy. “I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated. But Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy.
