Steven Tyler’s baby was aborted alive
When earlier this month Jivin J reported about the National Review Online story relaying Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler’s abortion experience, it sounded to me like his girlfriend had a late-term abortion, a bit surprising. Quoting his autobiography:
It was a big crisis. It’s a major thing when you’re growing something with a woman, but they convinced us that it would never work out and would ruin our lives…. You go to the doctor and they put the needle in her belly and they squeeze the stuff in and you watch. And it comes out dead. I was pretty devastated. In my mind, I’m going, Jesus, what have I done?
Yesterday, LifeSiteNews.com followed up with the incredibly tragic mother’s side of the experience (pictured above right with Tyler). It turns out the abortion was indeed late-term, but their baby was aborted alive:
I was moved to another part of the hospital and a different doctor performed the abortion. It was a horrible nightmare I will never forget….
The doctor did not explain what the procedure would be like. Steven watched when the doctor punctured my uterus with a large needle. Then I was taken to a room to wait for the contractions. Steven sat beside me in the hospital until it was over. When the nurse would leave the room he was snorting cocaine on the table beside my bed. He even offered some to me once, but I just turned away, sick inside. Steven, high on cocaine, was emotionally detached, witnessing the procedure but cut off from the normal reaction and feelings of horror you would expect. At the time I was shocked and hurt by his behavior.
But I know now that on an unconscious level, he must have been traumatized witnessing the death of his first-born son in such a horrific and direct way. Steven watched the baby come out and he told me later, when we were in New Hampshire, that it had been born alive and allowed to die. (I was not allowed to see the baby when it was delivered.) Steven told me later that it had been a boy and that he now felt terrible guilt and a sense of dread over what he had done. I did not know that such a thing could be legal. I could not imagine a world where a tiny baby could be born alive and tossed aside as worthless without ever seeing his mother’s face.
This was 1975. It sounds to me as if this mother underwent a saline abortion without understanding it.
Saline abortions have now been all but abandoned. I don’t think anyone commits them these days. The complications were that too many babies survived and that the procedure itself was terribly traumatic for the mother, since her baby writhed a great deal in pain en utero.
I so applaud this mother’s bravery and was so happy to read she has accepted Jesus’ forgiveness.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
The question is, has Steven Tyler accepted Jesus’ forgiveness?
I haven’t read the book, so I don’t know.
Tell you what, that’s not something that’s going to make its way into American Idol chatter.
This story just breaks my heart, though I am happy that the mother accepted Jesus and was able to marry what seems to be a real man and have children (if I remember correctly) of her own.
I feel a kinship with Julia Halcomb..a kinship born of a coerced, teen, saline abortion which is definitely what she had. A kinship we both wish we did not share, but we do. That child was “a child of her own” and 100 more cannot change that or the horror of the experience.
I am not giving up on Steven Tyler. Julia says she does not understand why his version is distorted, I do not doubt it is not only because of the drug use, but because it is the only way he survived after seeing what he saw. Facing the truth is just too much if you are not immersed in the love of Christ. That does not make his actions right, but understandable.
I am praying this all is the catalyst for his conversion as well…Our God of Mercy can do anything!
This is a terribly sad situation for so many reasons. Women should NEVER feel coerced ino making reproductive decisions that aren’t right for them, whether it’s coercion to keep the pregnancy, give the baby up for adoption, or get an abortion.
Steven Tyler is a scum bag. This article is proof that safe, legal abortion on the woman’s terms alone is so so important.
The title of this article is misleading. All abortions are of live human beings. To say that Steven Tyler’s baby was aborted alive when you mean that Steven Tyler’s baby was born alive during the abortion, implies that there was not life before the birth. I would recommend editing the title to avoid confusion.
This is proof that legal abortion only adds to a young mother’s woes. Legal vs not legal: how did that help her and her baby? How did the legality of abortion affect Liv Tyler’s brother? That was her brother that was killed. Oh, but it’s legal to kill someone’s brother, right.
The whole situation reeks. Julia is very brave for telling her story.
Julia’s testimony was so beautifully honest! I felt so sorry for that young girl, and she is so kind and full of mercy and forgiveness towards Steven Tyler now as a grown woman! She related as much detail about his family and his behavior as she could, without bitterness or judgement. We could all learn about how to be true Christians from her.
If she continues to witness and pray for Steven Tyler, expect a miracle….
MIke says:
May 25, 2011 at 10:44 am
This is a terribly sad situation for so many reasons. Women should NEVER feel coerced into making reproductive decisions that aren’t right for them, whether it’s coercion to keep the pregnancy, give the baby up for adoption, or get an abortion.
Steven Tyler is a scum bag. This article is proof that safe, legal abortion on the woman’s terms alone is so so important.
To MIke,
“Perhaps the most common sentiment on the lips of those who favor abortion on demand is this: ‘I am personally opposed to abortion, but I favor fredom of choice’…Choice itself is not a value or a moral good; one chooses between moral alternatives… To exalt ‘choice’ as a good in itself… is ultimately to deny that there is a difference between good and evil.” Richard John Neuhaus
Abortion is evil, it is not a right to be given to anyone who wishes to destroy the life of another. A baby in it’s mother’s womb, writhing in pain from the abortionists torturous tools is always the result of an abortion. Death is always the end result of abortion, for both child and mother. When a child dies, part of the mother dies too. To deny the right of the child to live is just pure evil. To deny that the woman herself has been injured in numerous ways including physical, mental and spiritual, is to deny truth. This story is only one of millions that prove the hurt that occurs and the pain that follows for decades.
God have mercy on us all.
I read this story yesterday and was very drawn to it. I was born in the autumn of 1975. My mother was 35 at the time. The doctors encouraged her to have an abortion because she was older and already had 3 other children. She was encouraged to think of their fate should she perish trying to carry me to term. She agreed, but decided the night before not to go through with it. This child’s fate could have been my own, and that is a sobering thought. I escaped, but this child didn’t. What makes me greater or more precious than him? Nothing, that’s what. He was equally precious in the eyes of God, and I grieved for this child yesterday.
Growing up, I loved Aerosmith. It was one of my favorite bands, and now I feel this deep sense of sadness for this woman and Steven Tyler, for what they went through. Steven Tyler has all the fame and riches of this world, but knowing this story you can see the ache in his heart. I pray if he hasn’t already he turns his soul and heart over to Jesus and accepts the forgiveness and grace I’ve experienced. No sin is too great for the Blood of Christ. No sin whatsoever….
Sexual exploitation of young girls (and boys) is not uncommon. I had a case where a woman was selling her 14 year old daughter for sex. The poor girl would wake up in strange men’s beds not knowing how she got there. Fortuntely this young woman is out of that horible situation.
Julia’s story is truly moving. I think Steve Tyler is talented, but that doesn’t stop him from being a real jerk.
PhillyMiss, I thought the same thing. You really gotta wonder what the parents were thinking.
“This article is proof that safe, legal abortion on the woman’s terms alone is so so important.”
You’re kidding, right?
It would have been OK for that baby to die like he did if the mother had been completely willing and fully informed?
You’re kidding, right?
A baby was killed. Doesn’t matter how or by whom or by whose choice or whether it was considered legal or not. A baby died a horrible, unjust death that continues to haunt his father, and the only reason the mother is healing is because she accepted the forgiveness of Christ.
Pretty simple. The truth always is, and it’s only truth that sets people free.
I know some people who personally know the guys from Aerosmith, I heard they are humble and friendly people, not stuck up like typically celebs or rock stars. I’ll bet Steven Tyler agonized over this too, not really undetstanding what the heck he was doing.
“This article is proof that safe, legal abortion on the woman’s terms alone is so so important.”
The article is evidence that legal abortion empowers people to coerce women into unwanted abortions. Look at what Tyler said,” but they convinced us that it would never work out and would ruin our lives….”
There are a whole lot of those “they’s” in the abortion business. “They” are evil scum prodding and cajoling women to kill their own babies for $$$$$.
I know some people who personally know the guys from Aerosmith, I heard they are humble and friendly people, not stuck up like typically celebs or rock stars. I’ll bet Steven Tyler agonized over this too, not really undetstanding what the heck he was doing.
Jasper, maybe now they are, but that wasn’t the case around 30 years ago when Tyler and Joe Perry were the “Toxic Twins” due to their extreme drug use. Hey, now ol’ Stevie boy has a gig on TV, and he’s trying to look rather “pious,” but what a joke, compared to the reality back then.
As far as I know, they’ve been off drugs and pretty much off booze for well-nigh onto two decades now, but that doesn’t change how things were “way back when,” and that’s what we’re talking about.
I too had a saline abortion at sixteen weeks – I was put under anesthetic so I do not know if my baby was alive when he was born or not. I do know I went through labor and i do know that legal (which it was where I had him), or not – my son died.
I feel so badly for all those who have abortions – it is a horrible place to be – and I pray that no woman would ever have to undergo the horribleness of one.
And yes, it is personal with me – I would love to have all abortions ended
every aborted baby is aborted alive, then its’ life is ruthlessly taken away. that’s why abortion is so evil and so wrong.
Steve Tyler is still objectifying women. Did you see his latest music video on Idol last week? That behavior is the beginning of the downward spiral that often leads to abortion.
Although I understand why Bebe Buell chose to have Todd Rundgren raise Liv Tyler as his daughter until she was about ten, this adds a lot to the picture. It must have been such a sad and scary time for this young mom. I’m glad the story is being told.
To see Julia Holcomb’s side of the story, please read part two of Kevin Burke’s Post Abortion Trauma: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/the-light-of-the-world-the-steve-tyler-and-julia-holcomb-story.
If you missed Part one, you can find it here on Steven Tyler and Julia Holcomb’s abortion. Post Abortion Trauma “Jesus, what have I done?” by Kevin Burke, LSW http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/266316/post-abortion-trauma-kevin-burke?page=1.