This is so well posed. I’ve read several message boards commenting on this article and very few don’t devolve into name calling and mud slinging at the end. People question the legitimacy of the story because there is no mention of Plan B, because she travels for work when she has a family, because she knew immediately the child she was carrying wasn’t her husband’s. And now, the phrase “scratchy transatlantic phone calls”. Yes. Scratchy. (In 2014.) Have you ever made a phone call from the middle of the ocean in the crew’s quarters? And perhaps she considers Plan B an abortifactant, her husband has had a vasectomy,she is in a highly specialized career that affords her opportunities to work around the country or world.Maybe she rarely leaves home and this was an anomaly. These things aren’t mentioned because they aren’t relevant to the article’s purpose.
One last thing. This is an ongoing investigation. This family moved out of their home state, left everything, to feel safe...BE safe. Not all questions are going to be answered in the interest of protecting anonymity. This wasn’t shared to offer debate fodder. The author took the risk hoping to reach another woman in her situation. To show that there’s another way. A beautiful way. No one else, not the doubters nor the revilers nor the accusers, matter.
God bless you and Merry Christmas.