Stevie Nicks Says Fleetwood Mac Would Have Ended in the 1970s if She Hadn’t Had an Abortion

The continued survival of Fleetwood Mac following the group’s landmark 1977 album “Rumours” came down to the fact that Stevie Nicks chose to have an abortion, the singer told CBS Sunday Morning on Sunday.

“I’m like, ‘This can’t be happening.’ Fleetwood Mac is three years in. And it’s big. And we’re going into our third album. It was like, ‘Oh no, no, no, no, no, no,’” Nicks said of her surprise pregnancy.

Nicks was in a relationship with Eagles frontman Don Henley at the time. She said, “I would’ve, like, tried my best to get through, you know, being in the studio every single day expecting a child.”