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April Love Gearyissharing her abortion storyto explain how she can be a mother and also be pro-choice.
Geary,who has two kidswithfiancé Robin Thicke, said she decided to speak out after getting critical messages on Instagram.
The model’s post comes days after several state lawmakers passed restrictive bills that effectively ban abortion. Geary, whowelcomed daughter Lola on Feb. 26and also has 15-month-old Mia, said that she wants all women to be able to choose.
“It’s scary to think that women won’t be able to choose to abort if that’s what they want/what’s necessary,” she said. “You can be anti-abortion for yourself and pro-choice for anyone who isn’t you because you realize you shouldn’t get to make the rules for someone else’s body and you’re not going to a single thing for the child they can’t/don’t want to carry. This is possible and necessary.”
Geary isone of several celebritieswho have shared their abortion story over the last two weeks, and one of thousands of women who did the same afterBusy Philippsencouraged women to speak out with #YouKnowMe.
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Philipps shared her own story on May 7, afterlawmakers in Georgia passed a bill that bars abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, the earliest doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat and well before many women realize they’re pregnant.
“I had an abortion when I was 15 years old and I’m telling you this because I’m genuinely really scared for women and girls all over the country,”Philipps said on her showBusy Tonight, visibly emotional.
Andeven more women spoke outafterAlabama legislators passed an even stricter bill on Tuesdaythat effectively bans all abortions at any point in pregnancy.
Minka Kelly,Milla Jovovich,Amber TamblynandTess Holliday, among others, have all shared their stories in the last few days.
Along with Georgia, several other states — including Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi, Utah and Arkansas — have passed “heartbeat bills” in the last few months, and several other states are close to doing the same.
These, along with Alabama’s new law, are a violation of the 14th amendment, which the Supreme Court determined in the landmark Roe v. Wade case. Anti-abortion lawmakers hope that these bills will lead to lawsuits and eventually head to the Supreme Court, wherethe newly conservative benchcould reverse the Roe v. Wade decision.
source: people.com
