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Sally Fieldis calling out the legislators in states like Texas and Florida for instituting “criminal” bans on abortions.
Field had an abortion herself at age 17, but because it was 1964 — nine yearsbefore the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decisionthat affirmed the right to abortions in the U.S. — she had to go to Tijuana, Mexico for the procedure,she wrote in her 2018 memoirIn Pieces.
Now,in an interview withVariety, Field was asked what she thought of the recent abortion bansthat are popping up in Republican-led states, in violation of Roe v. Wade.
“Those men who are doing that, and they’re mostly male governors who are doing it, are so backward, so ignorant and really just power hungry,” the two-time Academy Award winner, 75, said. “I think it’s criminal.”
“They’re so wanting to roll back the achievements and important progress for women, for Blacks, for the LGBTQ community.”
Field called out two governors in particular — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who hasbanned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, well before most women are aware they’re expecting, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who isset to sign a ban on abortions after 15 weeks, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
“I can’t say enough horrible things about what I feel about those men,” she said. “If you see them coming toward me, those two governors specifically, lead me out of the way because I cannot be responsible for what I would do. [Addressing her publicist] Heidi, do you hear me? Lead me away.”
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“Gathering as much force as I could, I batted his hand off,” she wrote.
source: people.com
