Former members of Scientology's Sea Org say the religious order pressured them to have abortions they did not want.
MAURICE RIVENBARK | Times
Why abortion. "I don't think other people could understand how set you could get in your thinking. You're like, Oh, they're going to make me leave. It's a big deal to people who are in. It's a large sense of failure."
Not quite 2 weeks old. Megan was born June 1. "I'm afraid I'm going to smother her with the exact opposite of what I had. I"m going to smother her with love. As soon as she started kicking I just felt this connection to her."
Sunny Pereira
Age: 37 Sea Org: Joined at age 15, in 1988; left in 2004. Married: at age 21 Abortions: in 1994 and 2001 Today: Married with a newborn child. Lives in Dallas, works as a restaurant manager.
"There's a lot of blaming myself ... I got really depressed after the first one and still went through with the second one. That's something that I just still don't understand."
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)
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)
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Not quite 2 weeks old. Megan was born June 1. "I'm afraid I'm going to smother her with the exact opposite of what I had. I"m going to smother her with love. As soon as she started kicking I just felt this connection to her."
