Maya Hawke says she 'wouldn't exist' had her mother Uma Thurman not made the decision to get an abortion in her late teens.The actress, 23, spoke onthe subjectduring Tuesday's episode of The Tonight Show in wake of the Supreme Court's recent overturning of Roe v.
Wade.'Both of my parents' lives would've been totally derailed if she hadn't had access to safe and legal health care — fundamental health care,' she explained to host Jimmy Fallon. 'Wouldn't exist': Maya Hawke says she 'wouldn't exist' had her mother Uma Thurman not made the decision to get an abortion in her late teens; Uma and Maya pictured in 2019Thurman shares Maya, as well as son Levon Roan, 20, with ex-husband Ethan Hawke, 51.
She is also mother to daughterLuna from her relationship with French financierArpad Busson.May referenced a 'beautiful essay' Thurman, 52, penned late last year in The Washington Postwhere she opposed Texas' ban on abortions past the six-week mark.
In the op-ed, the Pulp Fiction staropened up about how her 'darkest secret' was having an abortion as a teenager after having sex with a 'much older man'.Thurman - who has since welcomed three children - admitted the 'hard' decision gave her the opportunity to 'grow up and become the mother she is today.' Speaking out:The actress, 23, spoke on the subject during Tuesday's episode of The Tonight Show in wake of the Supreme Court's recent overturning of Roe v.
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