Sally Field has spoken openly about her “horrifying” experience of sexual abuse during an abortion in Mexico as a teenager, and the shocking incident led to Vice President Harris' candidacy for the White House. This is one of the reasons why he supports it.
“I still feel very embarrassed about it. [1950s] It’s ingrained in me,” the “Steel Magnolias” star said, recounting a story from when he was 17 years old. on video posted on Instagram on Sunday.
Mr Field, 77, told his 18,000 followers: “I didn't have a choice in life. I didn't have much support from my family in any way or financially.”
“Then I found out I was pregnant. Luckily, I had a family doctor who was a family friend, and he drove me and his wife and mother to Tijuana in a brand new Cadillac. He went.”
The Academy Award winner said she did not receive anesthesia during the surgery. “I felt everything, how much pain it was, and then I realized that the technician was actually sexually abusing me. So I had to figure out how to get my arm made. Did you move to push him away? So it was just this absolute hole of shame. ”
“When the construction was finished, they said, 'Go, go, go, go,' as if the building was on fire. They didn't want me there. It was illegal. “We did,” Field said.
A few months later, Field said she had landed the role of Gidget in what would become a hit 1960s TV comedy of the same name.
“Actually, I was the typical American girl next door, because so many young women, women my age, were going through experiences like this,” she said. .
“And these are the things women are going through right now, trying to get to another state and having no money, no means, and no idea where they are.” ”
“How can we go back to those days and do the same thing to our little girls and young women, without respecting their health and their own decisions about whether or not they can have children?” “Can I do that? It's impossible. I was a kid at the time,” Field said.
In 2022, the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, overturning nearly 50 years of federal rights to abortion.
Former President Trump said in August that he had “no regrets” about the justices he selected ending Roe v. Wade. The 45th president said earlier this month that if elected, he would veto the federal ban on abortion.
Harris slams President Trump for restricting abortion laws, including in states like Georgia, following a report earlier this month that found abortion-related deaths in the state were “preventable.” did. The vice president's campaign has repeatedly argued that restoring reproductive freedom is at stake in the 2024 election.
Ms Field expressed her support for Ms Harris in a message accompanying the video, saying: “There is no going back now. We all have to stand up and fight.”
