Sarie* is a 29-year-old single mother raising a six-year-old son in her parents’ home in Leyte. When she fell pregnant with her second child in 2021, her immediate thought was to “terminate it”.“I’d only been dating my ex for two months when I found out I was pregnant with my second child. He has four kids from his previous partner, and I had one with mine. We couldn’t afford to raise another child – that’s why I wanted to abort.”Her ex was hesitant about that idea, not least because his…
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