Amrita’s story begins more than three years ago at the age of 25. She met her daughter’s father, and they built a deep connection that began with friendship.
A year later they also became business partners, and the relationship progressed. Amrita had noticed her period was late and took a pregnancy test as a precautionary measure.
“When I saw the positive result, my heart sank,” she told Pregnancy Help News. “At that point in my life, I was not where I wanted to be.”
Living in a small room in her stepdad’s home, Amrita was scraping by babysitting with no stable income.
In a YouTube video shared by March for Life UK Amrita retells how the situation caused her to feel lost and alone given the baby’s father didn’t want a romantic commitment.
“I had no stable income, no career, and I certainly wasn’t married, as I had always imagined I would be before having a child,” she recounted.
“Everything felt wrong, and I was terrified,” she said.
Desperate to know his thoughts, Amrita drove to the father’s house and asked his opinion.
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“When I told him the news, and only as I asked him his view on what we should do, he said he would want to keep the baby,” said Amrita.
Apparently, his reaction fell short of reassuring her that there would be an effort on his part to create a stable family atmosphere, and she continued believing abortion may be the answer.
She called abortion provider BPAS (British Pregnancy Advisory Service), eager to ask questions. The over-the-phone consultation appointment wasn’t for another week, and she felt overwhelmed with confusion, fear, and sadness.
“I started researching everything I could about abortion and the point at which life begins,” she recalled. “The information I found was conflicting and left me more uncertain than before.”
However, as Amrita spoke with friends, there seemed to evolve a unified narrative that abortion was the right choice and the only choice. This continued when she and her boyfriend spoke with BPAS.
“When the appointment finally came, we sat together, the phone on loudspeaker, a list of questions in front of us,” she said. “But as soon as we asked our first questions, the lady on the phone said that the father had to leave the room, and that it was as simple as deciding whether I wanted an abortion or not.”
Amrita felt that her complex emotions were irrelevant to the BPAS consultant. She attempted to ask her questions and was shut down with a directive to decide either yes or no.
“Out of fear and pressure, and knowing I was nearly eight weeks along, I said I wanted the abortion,” Amrita stated. “I was told that the pills would arrive by post in a few days, and that the process would be slightly uncomfortable but not painful.”
Codeine was included with the abortion pills to help with “any discomfort.”
When Amrita received the abortion pills, she still did not feel ready and carried them with her waiting for a moment of clarity, which she never experienced.
“Eventually, one afternoon I felt overwhelmed by thoughts of my finances, not having a romantic relationship with the father, and my uncertain future,” she continued. “In a moment of panic, I took the first pill. Instead of feeling relief, as I had thought would happen, guilt washed over me.”
She messaged a friend who had been part of an abortion decision asking if her feelings were normal. He reassured her that they were, but those words did not help the reality she faced.
“As hours passed, the panic only grew,” Amrita said. “Desperate for support, I called the clinic again.”
Amrita asked if there was any way to reverse the effects of the abortion pill.
“The woman on the phone was calm, almost indifferent, as she explained that if I didn’t take the second pill and didn’t bleed, my baby would be fine,” Amrita stated.
It was later she learned that without intervention the chances of her daughter surviving were small.
“She mentioned that many women change their minds, but her tone didn’t comfort me,” Amrita said. “I felt lost, so I turned to the internet with no hope as I had thought that surely if there was anything that I could take to help the clinic would have told me, but then I stumbled upon the information about abortion pill reversal.”
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Dr. Dermot Kearney was the physician Amrita was referred to and he provided the medical help she sought.
“When I spoke to Dr. Dermot himself, he offered reassurance instead of judgment,” she noted. “He didn’t ask why I had changed my mind; he simply told me there was a chance—a progesterone pill could help.”
Amrita gratefully received a prescription called into the local pharmacy, which she would pick up in the morning. As she prepared to go out, she noticed she was bleeding, which only moved her more quickly to get the medication and begin taking it.
The progesterone regimen with Abortion Pill Reversal provided the hope Amrita would cling to—which was affirmed with her first ultrasound after taking the abortion pill, revealing a healthy baby.
“About eight months later I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl,” Amrita said. “She is now almost three years old and without a doubt the best thing that has ever happened to me.”
After her experience, Amrita wishes she could share the hope of APR with others.
“I would love to spend my life showing women having a child is not something scary but a ray of hope and life,” she told Pregnancy Help News.
Amrita is currently studying psychology at a local university and has her own apartment. She told Pregnancy Help News that the support she has received since choosing life for her daughter has been incredible.
“Yes, my life changed dramatically,” she said. “Like I had once feared but in such a positive, beautiful way, and I am now a strong supporter of Abortion Pill Reversal, as I believe women should have the right to know what support is available to them.”
Amrita noted that life with her daughter is a blessing.
“Waking up with her,” she said, “every morning feels like Christmas
