Uma Thurman shared her “darkest secret” to encourage Texas women suffering from the new anti-abortion law.
In the wake of the controversial anti-abortion law, which came into force in the US state of Texas on September 1, actress Uma Thurman (51) took a deep look into her privacy. the star revealed that she was pregnant herself as a teenager and decided to have an abortion. “That has been my darkest secret until now,” said Thurman.
“To all women and girls from Texas”
The fact that she is now sharing it with the world should encourage those affected: Her words are addressed to “all women and girls in Texas who are afraid of being traumatized and harassed by ruthless bounty hunters; to all women who are beside themselves, that our bodies are expropriated by the state; and to all of you who are made vulnerable and should be ashamed of having a uterus. “
Thurman also describes in the text why she decided to have an abortion all those years ago. So she felt unable to give the child a good life. This decision only gave her the opportunity to later have three children: “I am 51 years old and I share my secret with you from the home in which I raised my three children, who are my entire pride and my luck are. ” Thurman has a daughter and a son with ex-husband Ethan Hawke (50), and a second daughter comes from another relationship.
“Discriminatory Tool”
The new Texas law makes abortion illegal as soon as a heartbeat can be detected in the fetus. Since this is already possible from six weeks, the woman may not even be aware that she is pregnant. For Thurman, the law is “another discriminatory tool against those who are economically disadvantaged, and mostly also against their partner.”
These women are deprived of the “choice not to have a child that they are unable to take care of.” At the same time they are deprived of “the hope of having a family in the future” that they would consciously choose. Just like Thurman did.
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