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Nardos Haile

Sally Field shares abortion story

Sally Field has opened up about a traumatic abortion experience she had as a teen, in an effort to support women's reproductive rights during this election cycle.

In a personal video shared to Instagram, the Academy Award-winning actress reflects on receiving an illegal abortion in the '60s in Tijuana before Roe v. Wade was passed, saying, “I still feel very ashamed of it because I was raised in the ‘50s and it’s ingrained in me. It was beyond hideous and life-altering.”

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