gold dust woman and operation

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Originally Posted by DeeGeMe

On the abortions--isn't there supposed to be an audio of an interview out there where she admits she had multiple abortions? I mean it's so clear that "Goodbye Baby" is about having an abortion.

Even in the following article I find it hard to believe that she admitted to four abortions. Does anyone know if the real article says "babies" or was this just inserted recently by some fan trying to prove a point?

Spencer Bright
VOX Magazine (London) February 1992

Was there a common thread among her men? "They're all very smart and very loving, and they all had a difficult time with my life and the way that I live it and how busy I am." For four lovers, a crucial test came when she became pregnant and opted for terminations. "It's always been a tragedy. But they understood." But they didn't really. "Eventually their hearts couldn't take it, they couldn't understand quite enough, how deeply embedded in this I was. And so it eventually hurt them too much and they had to leave, or face devastation on their own."

She put her relationship with her fans before a relationship with one man. Ever since she saw Janis Joplin perform, Stevie has wanted to emulate her, to achieve that state of communion with the crowd. "I just wanted to be in love with my audience and I wanted them to be in love with me back."

But now there is remorse at the havoc her abortions have wreaked on her psyche. "To give up four babies is to give up a lot that would be here now. So that bothers me, a lot, and really breaks my heart. But they're gone, so..." She composes herself. "But I couldn't have because I was too busy. And I had all these commitments." She wants to adopt, but age and single-parenthood are against her.