“I chose to get an abortion because I know exactly what it felt like to be born between two people who hated each other.”
,” Basinger said she “went through a heavy-duty, very out loud when you’re in the public, divorce” which was a “very rough time” for Ireland, who also appeared in the episode.A spokesperson for Alec Baldwin declined to comment on Ireland's TikTok. And a spokesperson for Basinger did not immediately reply to TODAY Parents’ request for comment.
“But choosing to raise a baby without my own financial security, without a loving and supportive partner, that wasn’t going to work for me,” she continued. “I chose me and I would choose me again.”Baldwin said she was sharing her story now to make other women to feel"supported and loved." At the time — and for years — Baldwin didn't tell anyone what happened."The only person who knew was a nurse that treated me shortly after," she said."And I didn't even tell my own boyfriend at the time. Not my parents, no one."But keeping that secret caused"a lot of hurt" and Baldwin said she"spiraled."
With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 court case that protected abortion as a constitutional right, many women have told their private stories on social media.