Jessica Valenti: Not all of us have the kind of support to reveal the pregnancies we ended. Not all of us want to be that brave. And none of us should have to be
“But in a world where there is no privacy for women and their bodies, it’s shameful that we have to lay bare our reproductive lives just so others can – maybe, if we’re lucky – view us as full people.
Because, really, women’s abortions are none of your business – not even those of a public figure, not even one who became an international figure because of abortion rights. We shouldn’t have to explain ourselves or justify our life decisions: our abortions are ours alone.”
