MAURICE RIVENABRK | Times Going along, getting along. "I don't remember saying, 'I will' or 'I will not,'" Claire Headley says. "It was more like the apathetic path of least resistance. I know I never said, 'I want an abortion,' because I did not have the strength to say that." Home in Burbank, she holds 2-year-old Kaiden, with husband Marc behind.

Claire Headley

Age: 35
Sea Org: Joined at age 16, in 1991; left in 2005
Married: at age 17
Abortions: in 1994 and 1996
Today: Married to Marc Headley, sons 4 and 2. Lives in Burbank, Calif. Works as bookkeeper at the audio-visual design firm her husband co-owns.

"I was desperate to not have to go through with (an abortion) somehow, some way, but I did not have any means or options open to me financially or otherwise. If I did scream, they would take me back and I would be under full-time security watch."

MAIN STORY Part one: No kids allowed
Former members of Scientology's Sea Org say the religious order pressured them to have abortions they did not want.
(June 13, 2010)
• Videos | Watch these women tell their stories:
  Laura Dieckman | Claire Headley | Sunny Pereira
• Scientology and abortion
• The Headley Lawsuits
• Scientology's response:
  Church spokesman Tommy Davis' letter to the Times PDF | Response excerpts
• Declarations from Scientology members PDF
• MAIN STORY Part two: Taking her daughter
  First, she fought the Sea Org just to give birth to her daughter. then, years later, she fought the Sea Org to get her back.
  (June 14, 2010)
• Video| Watch these women tell their stories:
  Natalie Hagemo and Shelby LaFreniere
• Scientology's response:
  Church spokesman Tommy Davis' letter to the Times PDF | Response excerpts