“We understand that the fetus will not survive to term and that my life is in danger,” Laura Prepon wrote on Instagram following the recent Supreme Court decision to oust Rowe v. Wade.
Laura Prepon tells her story about abortion.
Following the new US Supreme Court decision to overturn Rowe v. Wade – a landmark case defending every state’s abortion options – the 42-year-old actress of Orange Is the New Black reflects on her decision to terminate a previous pregnancy.
“One of the worst days of my life was when I decided in my second trimester to end my pregnancy. She wrote on Instagram Monday, alongside a photo of herself in front of a rainbow. “The shattering truth was that we realized that the fetus would not survive to term and that my life was in danger as well,” he said. “I had a choice then.”
Prepon continued, “Everyone has their own story of discovering this medical procedure. And I sympathize with everyone who has faced this impossible decision.”
“I pray for all of us to get through this challenging time and regain our freedom over our bodies.”
The Supreme Court overturned Wade’s rowing on Friday. The 6-to-3 ruling reverses nearly 50 years of legal precedent. Moreover, it will completely change the landscape of women’s reproductive rights. Giving individual countries the power to decide whether to agree to the process.
Following the ruling, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri. And South Dakota have banned abortions after enacting a “trigger ban” that governors imposed following the Supreme Court ruling.
In 2020, the ’70s show actress revealed her decision to end her second pregnancy in her memoir You & I As Mothers.
After Prepon and her husband Ben Foster had a daughter, Ella, in 2017, she became pregnant again in 2018. To share the news with relatives, she and 41-year-old Foster stayed until they scheduled an ultrasound appointment at 16 weeks.
When the sonographer looked at the screen, Prepon knew something was wrong. After her obstetrician was call, she informed him that this could be a condition call cystic hygroma (abnormal development of the lymphatic system during embryonic development).