THE NATION - News from June 16, 2009
Times Wire Reports
A woman has apologized for a hoax in which she claimed to be pregnant with a terminally ill child, saying the story that attracted nearly a million hits to her website stemmed from “unresolved pain.”
Rebeccah Beushausen, 26, wove a tale about being an unmarried mother who chose to carry her child to term rather than have an abortion because of her deep Christian faith. One of the blog’s followers exposed the lie last week after recognizing the “baby” as a doll.
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