Sally Field revealed her ‘traumatic’ abortion story.
October 7, 2024, published at 4:00 PM ET
Sally Field opens up about having a ‘traumatic’ and illegal abortion as a teenager.
RadarOnline.com can reveal Forest Gump actress recalled driving to Mexico to terminate a pregnancy at age 17, shortly before her acting career took off.
Field, 77, tearfully shared her story as anti-abortion laws have increasingly become a major issue ahead of November’s presidential election.
The actress repeated a cry of protest from the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris as she promised in the video, “We can’t go back.”
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Field shared her story while encouraging fans to support the Harris campaign.
Field took Instagram on Sunday night to share the deeply personal story, something she admitted she was “hesitant” to do.
She captioned the post: “I’ve been so hesitant to do this, to tell my horrific story.
“It was at a time that was even worse than now. A time when contraception was not readily available and only if you were married.
“But I feel like so many women of my generation have experienced similar, traumatic events and I feel stronger when I think about them. I believe that, like me, they should want to fight for their grandchildren and all the young women of this country. “
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Field revealed that she discovered she was pregnant at the age of 17.
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She recalled discovering she was pregnant at age 17. As a recent high school graduate, Field said she didn’t have “a lot of family or financial support” when she received the news.
Field continued, “We had a family doctor who was a family friend, and he drove me, his wife and my mother to Tijuana in their brand new Cadillac.”
After arriving in Mexico, the Steel Magnolias Star recalled how they “parked on a very dirty looking street,” three blocks away from the clinic where she had her procedure.
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The 77-year-old actress said she still felt “shame” about the situation.
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The now 77-year-old star was given strict instructions.
She said: “(The GP) gave me an envelope with cash, and I had to walk into that building and give them the money and then come right back to him.”
Of her GP wanting to be close to her, Field said: ‘I think he thought if I died he might be able to help me.’
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Field noted that she received “no anesthesia” before the “beyond horrible and life-changing” procedure.
She described being given “a few puffs of ether,” which essentially did nothing because she “felt everything,” while her arms and legs felt “weird and numb.”
As if the moment couldn’t get any worse for teenage Field, she revealed that “the situation got darker” when she realized “the technician was actually harassing her.”
The actress added: “I had to figure out: How can I get my arms to move to push him away?
“So it was just an absolute shame. … When it was done, they said, ‘Go, go, go, go, go!’ as if the building was on fire.”
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Field said she received “no aesthetics” during the illegal procedure, which she had done in Mexico.
The Academy Award-winning actress then urged her followers to support Harris over the Republican candidate Donald Trump as she promised, “We can’t go back.”
She added: “These are the things women are going through right now. … And it goes beyond that, how you can go back to that and do that to our little girls and our young women without respect and regard for their health and their own. decisions.”
Field added a bit of sarcastic comedic relief as she closed her video, noting, “And that was that beautiful story.”