Uma Thurman opens up about her abortion in op-ed against the Texas ban

[irajaxon]

The Texas abortion law is a human rights crisis for American women, Uma Thurman writes in an op-ed https://t.co/Jw8eI0rLpH pic.twitter.com/j3OYrlBrK0
- Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) September 21, 2021
In a candid and heartfelt op-ed published in the Washington Post, Uma Thurman reveals she had to get an abortion done in her late-teens

Comments

[scriptedending]

I hate that women feel like they have to share their personal medical history to help put a face to the harm these laws are doing, but I am grateful they are willing to do it.

[fauxkaren]

Same.

I hate that these laws are making women feel like they need to share their personal medical decisions. I'm glad that there are those willing to do it. But I hate that they have to.

Abortion rights are so key to women's rights. Allowing women to choose when and how to have a family allows women to pursue career opportunities or to get out of bad relationships or to just live their lives how they want to.

[angriest_girl]

It always angers me that they feel the need to explain WHY they had an abortion, like they have to have a “good” reason.

[poopanna]

I feel like I have to share that I found out I was pregnant right before my HUSBAND scheduled his vasectomy.

If I said “I had one,” and that was it, I’d be called a slut by some basement dwelling dick cheese.

[lolzerz]

i feel this way all the time. everyone seems to have a good/excusable reason for having an abortion. and for me it was like welp i was 27, my committed boyfriend was 30 and we both had good jobs and families that would help. he came inside me during drunk sex and i wasnt on birth control. i dont want children so i aborted it and got on the pill.

[angriest_girl]

Yeah, a good reason is “I don’t want to be pregnant”. End of story.

[ahkna]

that's a great reason. you didn't want to be pregnant.

[ellie_andrews]

well said