Sally Field bravely shared the story of her abortion at the age of 17 to emphasize the importance of voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz and ballot initiatives that protect reproductive freedom. “It’s one of the reasons why so many of us are supporting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Everyone, please, pay attention to this election, up and down the ballot, in every state — especially those with ballot initiatives that could protect reproductive freedom.
PLEASE. WE CAN’T GO BACK!!,” she captioned her video post on Instagram, where she detailed her harrowing experience. The actress first publicly revealed her story in her 2018 memoir, In Pieces .
On Instagram, she reiterated the details for the next generation. When she was 17, she became pregnant by an unnamed boy. This was also in 1964, nine years before the landmark Roe v.
Wade Supreme Court decision — once the law of the land — that ensured the right to abortions in the United States. A post shared by Sally Field (@sallyfield) Having been raised in the Fifties, she said she felt “shame” about the experience, but felt it was important to share her story given the threat to abortion rights across states now that Roe v Wade has been decimated. Field said at the time she had no finances, not much family support, and while she had graduated from high school, “I didn’t know what was gonna be, and then I found out I was pregnant,” she said.
A doctor who was a friend of the family drove her, along with his wif.