by Tutu Akinlabi
The joy of having a child is something most women dream of but for one aspiring model, her other dreams are more important.
Josie Cunningham has said that her chance of becoming a celebrity by appearing on TV show, Big Brother is worth more to her than the life of her unborn child and so she wants an abortion.
Josie, described as an escort and a call girl, has said:
“I’m finally on the verge of becoming famous and I’m not going to ruin it now.
“An abortion will further my career. This time next year I won’t have a baby. Instead, I’ll be famous, driving a bright pink Range Rover and buying a big house. Nothing will get in my way.”
The Mirror reports:
Josie, 23, is already 18 weeks pregnant by either an escort agency client or a Premier League footballer. But she claims her late life-or-death decision has nothing to do with who the father is.
She says it is based on the breakdown of negotiations with Channel 5 to appear on the reality show.
Josie – who caused outrage in 2013 when she demanded a £4,800 boob job on the NHS to become a glamour model – said: “Channel 5 were keen to shortlist me then they found out I was pregnant.
“Then they suddenly turned cold. That was when I started considering an abortion. After the operation I will be going back to them and asking if they will still consider me.
“I’ve also had loads of other offers to further my career – and I’m not willing to give them up because I’m pregnant.”
“I want to be famous for being me – Josie Cunningham, a glamour model and celebrity in my own right. If I want to do that I need to put my career first.
“I want the attention to be on me, not on who fathered my child.”
Josie’s reasons for going ahead with the abortion fall outside NHS guidelines and the 1967 Abortion Act.
The law states terminations may be carried out if continuing the pregnancy would damage a woman’s physical or mental health.
Career plans and fame-seeking are not valid reasons – but celebrity-obsessed Josie is determined.
“People will disagree with my actions. They always do, but I don’t care
