Lily Allen has defended a woman’s right to abortion purely for not wanting a baby.The singer made headlines last week for performing her song ‘Fuck You’ with Olivia Rodrigo during the latter’s Glastonbury set in the wake of the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v.
Wade, a landmark 1973 case that supported women’s liberty to choose abortion.Now, the pop star and actress has taken to her Instagram Stories to speak about her own experience of deciding to have an abortion, saying that saying women shouldn’t need to “justify” a pregnancy termination with “exceptional reasons”.“I wish people would stop posting examples of exceptional reasons for having abortions,” she wrote. “Most people i know, myself included, just didn’t want to have a [fucking] baby.
AND THAT IS REASON ENOUGH! WE DON’T HAVE TO JUSTIFY IT,” she wrote.After Allen and Rodrigo’s performance many people have shared experiences of extreme situations and reasons for abortion such as ectopic pregnancies or when rape victims become pregnant.
But mother-of-two Allen said that women justifying their abortions plays “into the hands of the baddies”.“It shouldn’t have to be said,” she added, “and I think all these examples just play into the hands of the baddies.”Last Saturday (June 25) Rodrigo surprised fans by bringing Allen onstage for the performance of Allen’s 2009 single.Rodrigo spoke directly to the audience, explaining that “Roe v.
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