Watch: In New PSA, ‘Girls’ Star Reveals She Had an Abortion

Watch: In New PSA, ‘Girls’ Star Reveals She Had an Abortion

 

by Kelli Serio 15 Apr 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/04/15/watch-in-new-psa-girls-star-reveals-she-had-an-abortion/

Girls actress Jemima Kirke is lending her voice to the Center for Reproductive Rights in a new PSA.

In the three-minute clip, the 29-year-old mother of two reveals she had an abortion in 2007, and speaks candidly about her decision to terminate her pregnancy.

“I wasn’t sure that I wanted to be attached to this person for the rest of my life,” she confesses. “My life was not conducive to raising a healthy, happy child. I just didn’t feel it was fair.”

Kirke says she couldn’t tell her parents about the pregnancy, which forced her to empty her bank account, as well as borrow money from her significant other at the time to pay for her abortion.

She went through with the procedure at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Providence, Rhode Island.

“It’s these obstacles and this stigma that makes these things not completely unavailable. And that’s the tricky part. We do have free choice, and we are able to do whatever we want, but then there are these little hoops we have to jump through to get them,” she continues.

Kirk believes reproductive issues are a subject women should be able to talk about freely. “I still see shame and embarrassment around terminating pregnancies,” she says.

The actress anticipates the day her daughters turn to her with self esteem issues, as she describes it as another battle to be fought over the female body.

“I would love if, when they’re older, and they are in their teens, or twenties, that the political issues surrounding their body were not there anymore. They have one less thing to battle around their bodies,” she concludes.

The video is a part of the Draw the Line campaign, which encourages Americans to share their personal reproductive stories.

Supporters of the initiative are asked to sign a petition with a message directed at politicians, saying, “My word is the last word on my reproductive health care.”

The campaign garnered more than 300,000 signatures as of Wednesday morning.

According to CRR, its mission is to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill.

“Over the last four years, access to abortion care has been shrinking all across the United States. In the South, the situation has become particularly dire,” the site reads.

Planned Parenthood

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Center for American Progress.

Note: George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the International Rescue Committee, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy.

Melody C. Barnes was the SVP for the Center for American Progress, the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, a principal for the Raben Group, is Barack Obama’s golf partner, and married to Marland Buckner Jr.

Raben Group is the lobby firm for the Center for Reproductive Rights.

Marland Buckner Jr. is married to Melody C. Barnes, and was Harold E. Ford Jr’s chief of staff.

Harold E. Ford Jr.’s chief of staff was Marland Buckner Jr., was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Tom Brokaw is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, was a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and an anchor for the NBC Nightly News.

Jeff Zucker is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and was an executive producer for the NBC Nightly News.

Brian Williams is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, an anchor (suspended) at the NBC Nightly News, and Allison Williams’s father.

Allison Williams is Brian Williams’s daughter, and an actor in Girls.

Audrey Gelman is an actor in Girls, and a VP for SKDKnickerbocker.

TransCanada Corporation is a SKDKnickerbocker client, and the proposed builder for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Alex Slater was a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker, and a managing director for the Glover Park Group.

Glover Park Group is the lobby firm for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Cecile Richards is the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and married to Kirk Adams.

Kirk Adams is married to Cecile Richards, and the international EVP for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Jennifer Cunningham was a political director, Local 1199 for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), is a managing director at SKDKnickerbocker, and a director at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy.

Audrey Gelman is a VP for SKDKnickerbocker, and an actor in Girls.

Andrea Batista Schlesinger was an executive director for the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, and is the deputy director, U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.  

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a contributor for MoveOn.org.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, Media Matters, the International Rescue Committee, and the Center for American Progress.

Ilyse Hogue was a director of political advocacy for MoveOn.org, is a senior adviser for Media Matters, and the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Karen Finney is a board member for NARAL Pro-Choice America, and a frequent commentator for MSNBC.

Harold E. Ford Jr. is a political commentator at MSNBC, was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, Marland Buckner Jr was his chief of staff, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Marland Buckner Jr. was Harold E. Ford Jr’s chief of staff, and is married to Melody C. Barnes.

Melody C. Barnes is married to Marland Buckner Jr, Barack Obama’s golf partner, was the SVP for the Center for American Progress, the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, and a principal for the Raben Group.

Raben Group is the lobby firm for the Center for Reproductive Rights.