Feminists are lauding “The Goonies” actress Martha Plimpton, who bragged about the best abortion she’s ever had at a pro-abortion event in Seattle.
“We should be able to say if our abortion experience was a good one and what made it good – that’s how we create better abortion care,” tweeted feminist author and contributor to Marie Claire and the Guardian, Jessica Valenti on Thursday.
Her tweets came after a video began circulating on Wednesday of Plimpton saying “[I] had my first abortion here at the Seattle Planned Parenthood. Notice I said ‘first’… I don’t want you guys to feel insecure, it was my best one. Heads and tails above the rest. If I could Yelp review it, I totally would.”
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Disgusted to see harassment directed at @MarthaPlimpton for having the temerity to talk about her abortion experience.
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) September 7, 2017
People can talk about their abortions however they like – with sadness, relief, humor or ambivalence. It’s their story, period.
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) September 7, 2017
The only acceptable abortion narrative is one where women are scarred or sad about their decision – but that’s not most people’s reality.
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) September 7, 2017
Valenti also wrote that basically all women who have abortions don’t regret a thing, despite countless stories of women that describe the anguish they endured during and after an abortion.
Ninety-five percent of women who have had an abortion don’t regret it. https://t.co/ANrE2vq3Uj
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) September 7, 2017
Feminist author Emma Flint also supported Plimpton’s inflammatory comments.
Likewise. She's brave and brilliant and talented. And she can talk about her own body however the hell she wants.
— Emma Flint (@flint_writes) September 7, 2017
Valenti’s tweets have received hundreds of likes and retweets within a few hours.
This report, by Grace Carr, was cross posted by arrangement with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
