Whoopi Goldberg defends the right to decide whether to have an abortion: “This is not what people do lightly”

Whoopi Goldberg gave an impassioned speech about the “human problem” of abortion a day after a draft Supreme Court decision that overturned a majority of justices against Roe Wade.

Saturdays To viewWhere Conservative Judge Samuel Alito’s opinion was the subject of discussion, Goldberg called abortion a “human issue” rather than a “religious issue”.

“This is not a religious issue,” he said.

Goldberg, who wrote about self-abortion at age 14, said: “The reason for abortion: Women lived in this country forever when it was illegal. Women, when they decide that something is not right for them, take matters into their own hands. We got tired of toilets, of women’s toilets in public toilets that get abortions because there was nowhere safe, nowhere clean, nowhere to go. This law was created because people wanted people to have a safe and clean place.

She continued, raising her voice, seeming to grow increasingly nervous as she emphasized the difficulty of deciding to have an abortion: “Abortion is not easy, it is not easy to make that decision. This is not what people do lightly! This is not something you can just do! This is a difficult and scary decision that people make. And if you don’t have the means to understand that, to start this conversation, “I know how hard this must be for you”, if you start burning in hell, then you’re not looking at me as a person, regardless of whether I share your religion or not. . And this is not good. ”

Goldberg had previously written about her own miscarriage in Angela Bonavoglia’s book. The choice we made.

“At 14 I found out I was pregnant,” she wrote. “I didn’t have my period. I didn’t talk to anyone. I panicked. I sat in the hot baths. I used to drink these weird dishes that girls told me about, something like Johnny Walker Red, with a little Clorox, alcohol, baking soda, which probably saved my stomach, and some kind of cream. You mixed it all up. I got seriously ill. At the time, I was more afraid to explain to someone what was wrong than staying in the park, which I did. “

The final draft that was published Policy On Monday, the closely monitored case of a 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi was dated to February of this year and could be overturned by the court’s final official decision, which is expected to expire in late June or July. . However, if the court decides to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Against Wade, the consequences can be far-reaching, as decisions are made in different states about whether or not to allow an abortion.

Several states, including Texas and Florida, have passed restrictive abortion laws in recent months.