Stevie Nicks Reveals How Her Decision On Abortion Could Have 'Destroyed' Fleetwood Mac

Stevie Nicks has opened up about getting an abortion in 1979 and revealed that if she had decided otherwise it would have destroyed Fleetwood Mac .

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Eagles singer Don Henley when she learned she was pregnant in the late 70s told CBS News Sunday Morning that she had no idea how big the band was gonna get at the time.

I got pregnant and it was like, Why? I have an IUD. I am totally protected. I have a great gynecologist. How come this has happened? What the heck? Nicks told correspondent Tracy Smith.

So you took all the precautions? Smith asked.

Yes. And Im like, This cant be happening. Fleetwood Mac is three years in. And its big. And were going into our third album. It was like, Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, Nicks replied.

Nicks said it wouldnt have gone over well with the band had she been expecting a child with Henley, mostly due to her breakup with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham roughly two or three years prior.

It wouldve been a nightmare scenario for me to live through, she said.

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