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Oct 10, 2020 1 hr 11 min

Abortion | Kalbir Bains

from Too British To Be Asian Hosted by Sharan Raju

Abortion | Kalbir Bains Author of “Not My Daughter” The true story of a Daughter - in - law. Kalbir shares her story from the ‘good girl’ who did everything right. Although she suffers from Dyslexia that didn’t stop her gaining her fashion degree, whereby she traveled around the world managing and working with fashion brands. Therefore, for a lot of people getting married is the start of a new chapter, love, companionship and children. However, not even Kalbir could’ve imagined how the marriage we all dream of could’ve been further from the truth. Kalbir shares the distressing moment makes his feelings clear on her pregnancy news “It’s not in our 5ys plan” Feeling alone, vulnerable and with the added cultural pressures we are taught as children to hide topics of trauma she felt forced into the abortion. Kalbir is very explicit in her experience of having an abortion. The initial refusal from her own GP, attending the abortion clinic on her own and waking up in a pool of blood. From her own childhood experience of witnessing domestic violence and having an alcoholic father, Kalbir realises she is reliving her mothers life. A cycle she wants to break. Kalbir’s story highlights the unspoken traumas, from forced abortion, domestic violence, deception, addiction, cultural pressures and stigmas that hide and seep through communities. “I had 550 people at my wedding, yet when our relationships and lives fall apart, how many of those people will stand next to you? I had 5.” Kalbir Bains Kalbir Bains book - “Not My Daughter” is available via Amazon; https://www.amazon.com/Not-Our-Daughter-daughter-law/dp/1543264069 You can also follow Kalbir via her socials; Website: https://www.kalbirbains.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kalbir_bains/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KalbirBains Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kulbir.bains1 Also if you like this video, let me know! My details; Blog: www.toobritishtobeasian.com Insta: https://www.instagram.com/too.british.to.be.asian/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/2british2Basian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Too-British-To-Be-Asian-516667495366679/?eid=ARCe80K4kO2QplDmP8kFkqV4GuQmWAAwFLmIKggoGawgTMefIL0andKdEJx2MSy4d3JXOjDpH1sf9iqs

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