Why Sonya Curry Chose To Give Birth Instead of Abortion: ‘I Thank God’

Published: November 21, 2022

Why Sonya Curry Chose To Give Birth Instead of Abortion: ‘I Thank God’

By Movieguide® Staff

Sonya Curry recently opened up about the topic of abortion, and how she came to the decision to give birth while pregnant with NBA superstar Steph Curry.

Sonya shares Steph, his younger brother Seth, and daughter Sydel, with her former husband Dell Curry.

The mother of three recently wrote a memoir called “Fierce Love,” where she talks about her first abortion and how she considered a second one.

“It was healing to tell the story in the book,” she said on the YOUR MOM podcast. “Because I know there’s lots of people out there — men and women — I know it really comes down to the woman’s body, but there are men out there that are trying to be partners in making this kind of decision. There’s partners out there that don’t even get a say in that because it just happens and they don’t ever know about it.”

“But, the simple fact that people are having to make this decision every single day, every second of the day out there, that we’ll never know about,” she added. “For me to be able to share that story for people to know, one, so many people are struggling with it, and it’s OK. It’s OK that you are struggling with it. Two, the decision that I made to keep him at that point is also counter with the decision that I made to not carry through with the previous pregnancy.”

Despite grappling with the idea of abortion as a young mother, she said she now views her decision to give birth to Steph with gratitude to God.

“So God is just bringing it all together and showing me to be able to say, ‘Hey, here’s this decision I made at this point, and look at the blessing that he has become,’ and I just thank God for that and I just say to God that it was meant to be,” Curry explained. “And, to not carry judgment. You don’t have to carry a lot of judgment forever. Give ourselves some grace in making the decision with what we had to make the decision with when we made it. But, my favorite scripture says that all things get worked together for the good, and those called according to His purposes and praise Jesus. It all worked out. There’s Stephen, and look what he’s doing, and it’s just amazing to me.”

In the past, Sonya openly talks about faith, and how she tried to teach that through her parenting of Steph, Seth and Sydel.

“Parents are doing this every day, I don’t think I’m doing something extraordinary,” she said of parenting NBA stars. “God’s hand is in every moment… he honors his plans for us.”