‘I could have died’ Rita Moreno recalls botched abortion during romance with Marlon Brando
express.co.ukRita Moreno, 90, discussed the moment Marlon Brando sent her to have an abortion when she became pregnant while the two were dating.
Abortion only became legalised across American in 1973, which meant women were forced to resort to unsafe measures if they wished to pursue the procedure.Yesterday, the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 landmark Roe v Wade decision, meaning that some states will be able to limit a woman’s right to have an abortion.
Rita was in a relationship with the late Godfather actor Marlon for eight years after the pair met in 1954 on the set of Napoleon biopic, Désirée.The Westside Story actress detailed her horrific botched abortion shortly after Roe v Wade had been overturned yesterday.“Marlon found a doctor through some friends,” she said.“He was a real doctor – Marlon paid him $500 – as opposed to something in a back alley.”Rita remembered how she had been left bleeding after the procedure because the doctor hadn’t performed a full abortion.“Marlon took me to the hospital.
I had what they told me was a ‘disturbed pregnancy’,” she added to Variety.“The doctor didn’t do anything really, except make me bleed.
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