Uma Thurman: "I had an abortion at 15, Texas is wrong" - Lifestyle

In an article in the 'Washington Post' Uma Thurman reveals her "darkest secret".

"I was 15 and had an abortion," writes the "Kill Bill" diva using her personal drama to attack the radical new Texas law that prohibits termination of pregnancy after the sixth week even in cases of incest or rape: " The first step - in her opinion - towards a human rights crisis for American women ".

The star has no regrets about the path she has taken.

    In the op-ed he tells of when, at the age of 15, he lived in Europe "on a suitcase" trying to work in the cinema. "An older man got me pregnant. I didn't know what to do. I wanted to keep the baby but how?". Uma called the parents. The seriously ill mother in the hospital and the father at her bedside discussed options with her. "We had never talked about sex before and it was terrible for all three of us. They asked me about the status of my relationship - it couldn't work - and they warned me about the difficulties of raising a child as a teenager and alone. childhood fantasies about being a mother collapsed as I answered their very specific questions. As a family we decided to terminate the pregnancy. The decision broke my heart. " Thurman admits that "there isa huge pain in this story. It has been my darkest secret so far. Now I am 51 years old, and I write from the house where I raised three children (Maya and Levon with Ethan Hawke and Luna with Arpad Busson, ed) that they are my pride and joy and that I have had with men I have loved and of whom I trusted enough to want to bring a baby into the world. I have no regrets and I admire and support women who make different choices. "I have no regrets and I admire and support women who make different choices. "I have no regrets and I admire and support women who make different choices. "

    Abortion as a teenager was for Uma Thurman the "most difficult decision" of her life: "It still causes me pain, but it was the starting point towards the joyful life I have lived so far. holding the baby then allowed me to become the mother I wanted and needed to be. "