Ireland Baldwin is getting candid about her own history in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last week. Trigger Warning: This story features details about sexual assault. On Sunday, the actress and influencer took to TikTok to share her decision to get an abortion while in an unhappy relationship. READ MORE: Rita Moreno Opens Up About Having Botched Abortion Before Roe V.
Wade “I did have a boyfriend and I did become pregnant,” she recalled. “At that point in time, I would say we were very unhappy together, and he made it clear that he never wanted kids or marriage.
He barely wanted to be in a serious relationship.” She added, “I chose to get an abortion because I know exactly what it felt like to be born between two people that hated each other.” Ireland is the daughter of actors Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, who divorced in 2002 after nine years of marriage. “Could I have had that baby and put that baby up for adoption?” she continued. “Maybe, maybe not.
Choosing to raise a baby without my own financial security, without a loving and supportive partner, that wasn’t going to work for me.
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