Irene Vilar worries that her self-described "abortion addiction" will be misunderstood, twisted by the pro-life movement to deny women the right to choose.
Her book, "Impossible Motherhood", which will be released by Other Press on Oct. 6, chronicles her own dark choices: 15 abortions in 16 years, much of it as a married woman.
As press on the book has begun to leak out, Vilar -- a literary agent and editor --- says she has already sensed "an inkling of hatred."
Vilar has scheduled only closed-door interviews and will not do a book tour. At the urging of her husband, they have made sure all public property records do not reflect her name, so she cannot be targeted at their home.
"I am worried about my safety and the hate mail," she told ABCNews.com in a telephone interview as her home-schooled children were at work on a painting project.
"No book like this has ever been written," she told ABCNews.com. "I just imagine the 'baby killer' and I could be a poster child for that kind of fundamentalism. And there are my little kids in all of that."
Today, at 40, the Latina author has two young children, but her troubled past continues to haunt her well into motherhood.
She grew up in the shadow of her notorious grandmother Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebron, who stormed the Capitol steps with a gun in 1954. Lebron served 25 years in jail for the crime until receiving a pardon from President Carter in 1979.
Her mother committed suicide by throwing herself from a moving car when Vilar was 8 and two of her brothers were heroin addicts.
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She was worried about pro-life(rs) making this a big argument against abortion...well duh! I mean c'mon this is a ridiculous story! This woman used abortion as a form of contraception, regardless of what she says. 15 abortions in 16 years is not just because "opps- the condom broke" or "I forgot to take my pill today"...it is pure irresponsibility.
The most disconcerting part is that at the end of the article you learn that she has 2 children, 5 and 3. I have to wonder if A. this woman is sane enough to have children. She self-admittedly has problems and who knows what those girls will go through given her history. B. I want to know what these girls are going to say when they find out that they had 15 brothers or sisters. Can you imagine knowing that there were 15 that came before you?? How "lucky" you must feel to be the "chosen ones".
So yes Irene, us pro-life crazies will use this as an example against the murder that is abortion.
A woman's body is her own until she shares it with another living being.
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