Social media personality Toni Fowler has spoken out strongly against abortion, revealing that she never thought to ask her friend, vlogger Bea Borres, whether she wanted to keep her baby—because it is something she personally does not believe in.
This came after a netizen commented that Fowler and Alex Gonzaga “could’ve asked her if she wanted to keep it or not” when Borres first learned she was pregnant.
Fowler responded: “Kanya-kanya tayo ng paniniwala sa buhay pero kasi ako, kahit ganito ako, bardagol akong magsalita, palamura akong tao, never papasok sa utak ko na maging option ang magpa-abort ok man sa tatay o hindi. Kaya nga iligal siya sa Pilipinas, ‘di ba? Hindi talaga dapat. Mali siya… Isa siyang malaking kasalanan. At ‘yan ang non-negotiable ko.”
The vlogger then opened up about her own experience more than a decade ago, when a relative advised her to terminate her pregnancy with her daughter, Tyronia. At the time, she was told that having a child would prevent her from helping her family financially and that her life would revolve entirely around raising a baby.
Fowler said she cried the whole night after being told to abort.
“Sabi ko ayoko. Iyak ako nang iyak. Sabi niya, ‘So hindi mo ipapalaglag yan?’ Sabi ko, ‘Hindi po. Uuwi na lang ako sa boyfriend ko,’” she recalled.
“Ayoko po ng taong nagpapalaglag para lang maging dalaga. Kasi una pa lang, sana hindi ka nagpaputok sa loob. Nilunok mo.”
The 31-year-old said she is willing to cut ties with a friend who decides to have an abortion, stressing that it is one of her non-negotiable principles in life.
Although Fowler admitted that Borres may not seem ready for motherhood, she believes keeping the baby was the right decision.
“It’s her choice na ituloy ang baby at maging happy na lang tayo doon,” she said, adding that perhaps God put her and Alex Gonzaga—rather than someone else—by Borres’ side so they could guide her instead of encouraging her to end the pregnancy.
Fowler ended her statement by reiterating her belief that those who choose abortion are “minamalas sa buhay at hinahabol ng karma.”
