💬 'I went from being super excited... to feeling crushed and powerless,' recalls Jess, 35 'Unfortunately, I had to make the most horrific decision to terminate the pregnancy – purely because of childcare costs'
Jess explains that she is an only child and that her mother isn’t physically able to support them with childcare in the same way some grandparents can. Her partner’s family either live at the other side of the country or are elderly and unable to help with childcare.
“Arguably, I could have given up my job or gone part-time, but with me earning around 70 to 75 per cent of our household income, we genuinely wouldn’t have been able to afford that. “I felt guilty for doing what I was and I asked her if I was in the minority for being in this position because of childcare costs. She told me that since October last year, she would say around 80 per cent of the women she had spoken to had said they were having the termination because they couldn’t afford to go through with the pregnancy.
“We would still have really struggled as I know the changes won’t start coming in until 2024, but it would have significantly helped. But I have to try not to think like that as I don’t want to get bitter.”the overwhelming emotions she feels now are anger and sadness and a sense of feeling women are still being discriminated against when it comes to the working world due to a“I feel like because I’m a woman and I’m the breadwinner, I can’t have another child,” she says.
“It feels grossly unfair. I am not asking for three or four children. I just want to be able to have a second child, a sibling for my son.” “I fear many more women with an unplanned pregnancy might feel forced into making the decision to have an abortion due to worrying about paying for childcare.
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