Sally Field is sharing her abortion story. In a video posted to Instagram on Sunday (Oct. 6), the 77-year-old two-time Oscar-winning actress shared the importance of electing Kamala Harris for President while detailing her “horrific” illegal abortion in Mexico back in the mid-1960s. Keep reading to find out more…“I’ve been so hesitant to do this, to tell my horrific story.
It was during a time even worse than now. A time when contraception was not readily available and only if you were married. But I feel that so many women of my generation went through similar, traumatic events and I feel stronger when I think of them,” Sally wrote in the caption. “I believe, like me, they must want to fight for their grandchildren and all the young women of this country.” She continued writing, “It’s one of the reasons why so many of us are supporting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
Everyone, please, pay attention to this election, up and down the ballot, in every state — especially those with ballot initiatives that could protect reproductive freedom.
Please. We can’t go back!” Then in the accompanying video, Sally said, “I was 17. I had no choices in my life.
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