“My darkest secret”, Uma Thurman confides in her abortion

A strong testimony. On September 1, the state of Texas enforced a law prohibiting all voluntary terminations of pregnancy. Since that date, this very radical anti-abortion law has created controversy throughout the country. Many personalities have decided to make their voices heard to show their opposition. Among them, Uma Thurman who published a very personal forum in the pages of Washington Post, this Tuesday, September 22.

“This story is so painful. She’s my darkest secret. I am now 51 years old and I share it with you from the house where I raised my three children, who are my pride and my joy ”, started the muse of Tarantino, adding that if she chose to confide, it was “In the hope of deflecting the flames of the controversy of vulnerable women on whom this law will have an immediate effect”. Uma Thurman announces that she had an abortion at the very beginning of her career. “I started my acting career at 15, working in an environment where I was often the only child in the room. In my late teens, I was accidentally made pregnant by a much older man. I was living in Europe, with only one suitcase, away from my family, and I was about to start a job. I fought for what to do. I wanted to keep the baby, but how? ” says the now 51-year-old actress.

“My abortion was the most difficult decision of my life”

Faced with this situation, Uma Thurman spoke with her parents to make the right decision. She then decides to have an abortion in Cologne, Germany. “I was in terrible pain, but I didn’t complain. I had internalized so much shame that I thought I deserved this suffering. ” Although this choice will be etched in her memory, she remains convinced that it was the best decision to make. “The abortion I had as a teenager was the most difficult decision of my life, a decision that caused me anguish then and still saddens me today, but it was the path to the joyful and loving life that I have known. Choosing not to keep this early pregnancy allowed me to grow up and become the mother I wanted and needed to be ”, assures the actress of “Pulp Fiction”.

With this vibrant testimony, Uma Thurman hopes to address all the women who will no longer be able to have an abortion in this American state. “To all of you, the women and girls of Texas, who fear being traumatized and stalked by predatory bounty hunters; to all women indignant at seeing the rights over our bodies confiscated by the State; and to all of you, made vulnerable because you have a womb; I say: I see you. Be courageous. You are beautiful. You remind me of my daughters. ”