Sunflower Bean’s Julia Cumming shares abortion experience following Roe v. Wade repeal

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Sunflower Bean‘s Julia Cumming has shared a candid statement about her abortion experience after Roe v. Wade was overturned last week.On June 24, the Supreme Court decided to overturn the landmark decision, meaning abortion will no longer be protected as a federal right in the US for the first time since 1973.

Each state will now be able to decide individually whether to restrict or ban abortion.Along with her statement, the band has also released the first episode of a four-part mini-documentary about the making of their most recent album ‘Headful Of Sugar’.

The video is soundtracked by the song ‘Otherside’ which details Cumming’s abortion experience. Watch the video below.“In the fall of 2020, I had an abortion,” Julia said. “I was stunned by the range of emotions I experienced when it was over.

Women’s bodies are constantly politicized, and it didn’t feel like there were any conversations surrounding abortion [that] touched on the nuance of loss while knowing that you had to make a decision that gives you a chance at your own life.”She continued: “I felt completely isolated, and like I was part of a secret club in which no members were allowed to speak to each other.