CNN – Oscar-winning actor Sally Field has opened up about a “life-altering” abortion she had as a teenager, aiming to highlight the issue of reproductive rights.
Field recalled the ordeal in a video posted to her Instagram, saying that she got an abortion when she was 17 in Tijuana, Mexico, on the advice of a doctor, who was also a family friend.
The doctor, she said, drove her to the clinic, accompanied by Field’s mother and the doctor’s wife.
Recalling the harrowing details of her experience, Field said that she was molested during the procedure, which she said was performed without anesthesia aside from “a few puffs of ether.”
“I still feel very ashamed of it because I was raised in the ‘50s and it’s ingrained in me,” she said. “It was beyond hideous and life-altering” …
