{"id":13101,"date":"2026-09-29T18:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/?p=13101"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:33:37","slug":"maureen-mccormick-had-3-abortions-by-20-was-dead-spiritually-until-she-met-her-childs-father-at-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/?p=13101","title":{"rendered":"Maureen McCormick Had 3 Abortions by 20 &amp; Was \u2018Dead Spiritually\u2019 until She Met Her Child\u2019s Father at Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But McCormick\u2019s real life looked very different once the cameras stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TV Comedies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind the famous smile were fears about her <a href=\"https:\/\/new24.info\/113875\/2#\">&nbsp;family<\/a>\u2019s medical history, later struggles with depression and substance use, and years in which the actress said her life spiraled far from the wholesome image viewers associated with Marcia Brady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, however, McCormick met Michael Cummings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than four decades later, they\u2019re still together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormick and Cummings celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary on March 16, 2026, marking another milestone in a relationship that began during one of the most difficult chapters of her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And looking back at everything McCormick has publicly shared about her past makes the longevity of their <a href=\"https:\/\/new24.info\/113875\/2#\">&nbsp;marriage<\/a> even more striking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormick became famous as Marcia when \u201cThe Brady Bunch\u201d premiered in 1969.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TV Comedies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sitcom turned its young stars into household names, and Marcia became one of its defining characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But McCormick later revealed that the seemingly carefree teenager audiences watched on television wasn\u2019t an accurate reflection of what she was experiencing internally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One source of fear came from her family\u2019s medical history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marriage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormick wrote and spoke about her mother\u2019s syphilis diagnosis and her fears that she might somehow have inherited the disease. Her grandmother had also suffered devastating consequences from syphilis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The anxiety weighed heavily on her when she was young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, becoming Marcia Brady created another complicated problem.The character that made McCormick famous became extraordinarily difficult to escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TV &amp; Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When \u201cThe Brady Bunch\u201d ended in 1974, McCormick was no longer simply an actress looking for her next role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To much of America, she was still Marcia.McCormick\u2019s personal life subsequently became increasingly troubled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has spoken candidly over the years about drug use during her young adulthood and how addiction interfered with both her personal life and acting career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opportunities came along, but she wasn\u2019t always capable of taking advantage of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her carefully maintained television image and her private reality had moved in opposite directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How-To, DIY &amp; Expert Content<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11832\" style=\"width:66px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image.png 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But McCormick\u2019s real life looked very different once the cameras stopped. 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