The mother of popular Nigerian singer Ayra Starr has shared candid advice on pregnancy and abortion, sparking conversations on social media.

Popular for her trending videos on TikTok, Ayra Starr’s mum revealed that someone had urged her to address the topic of abortion. She emphasized that abortion is a complex issue and highlighted the importance of preventing pregnancy in the first place.

She warned that abortion can lead to complications, while choosing to keep an unplanned child could result in significant life challenges.

Advising young people, she stressed the importance of careful consideration before pregnancy and encouraged family planning as a preventive measure.

She said:
"Somebody said I should talk about abortion. It’s a two-way thing. You can actually avoid being pregnant before thinking of the abortion. And abortion, there can be complications. And if you keep the child, you’ll miss a lot of seasons. Immediately you choose to keep the child, your head will start working like an old phone that skips, because this is a life that you brought to this world.

"Do you want to live like that for like 20-25 years of your life? So you have to think about it even before the pregnancy. You can prevent it by doing family planning. Because bringing a child to this world is not beans.

"Do you want to sleep with different men because you want to raise a child? Is it easy? So we should not even talk about it. You can actually avoid all those things by not getting pregnant at all. Go do family planning. Must you even have s3x? Can’t you keep yourself? Purity speaks a lot, I can testify to it."