Kerry Washington Admits Terminating a Pregnancy

In her new autobiography, "Thicker Than Water" actress Kerry Washington candidly admits that she learned later in life that her dad was not her biological father and that she was conceived using a sperm donor [click here if you missed that]. 

Kerry also speaks candidly about terminating a pregnancy early in her career...

From Time

In my late 20s, I made the difficult and very private decision to have an abortion. About a decade later, I played a character that was the first woman to be shown undergoing an abortion procedure on network television. As women, it is our right to choose what happens to our bodies, our lives, and our futures. It is also up to us to decide when, how, and with whom we share our stories.

While, as an actor, I was proud to portray a woman exercising her right to choose, in real life I never talked about my own abortion publicly. My shame and embarrassment inspired a private silence that hid my personal truth and made me complicit in a culture of secrecy that shames women, our bodies, our choices, and our power. As I was writing my memoir, however, I realized how important it is to speak openly about experiences that have been kept in the dark, because when we do so we liberate ourselves and each other.

The reality is that abortion is a very real and normal part of women’s lives. I share the story of my abortion procedure here because our right to make choices about our bodies and our lives is under attack both culturally and legislatively.

This is my story. I am one of many. And we will not be silenced...

Read the full account here.