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Laura Preponis sharing her abortion story.
“One of the worst days of my life was when I made the choice to terminate a pregnancy in the second trimester,” she wrote onInstagramMonday alongside a picture of herself in front of a rainbow.
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“The devastating truth is that we found out the fetus would not survive to full term, and that my life was at risk as well,” she explained. “At the time - I had the choice.”
Prepon continued, “Everyone has their own story for seeking out this medical procedure and I empathize with anyone who’s been faced with this impossible decision.”
“I am praying for all of us, that we can get through this challenging time and regain agency over our own bodies,” she concluded.
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Since the decision, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and South Dakota have alreadybanned abortionafterputting “trigger bans” in placethat governors enacted after the Supreme Court ruling.
In 2020, theThat ’70s Showactress revealed her decision to terminate her second pregnancy in her memoirYou & I As Mothers.
After Prepon and her husband, Ben Foster,had their daughter Ella in 2017, she became pregnant again in 2018. Eager to share the news with loved ones, she and Foster, 41, held off until they scheduled a sonogram at 16 weeks.
When the sonographer looked at the screen, Prepon immediately knew something was wrong. After her ob-gyn was summoned, she told her it could be a condition called cystic hygroma (an abnormal development of the lymphatic vascular system during embryonic growth).
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After an echocardiogram, the condition was confirmed. “Our neonatal specialist told us the brain was not growing and the bones were not growing,” Prepon told PEOPLEwhile discussing her bookin 2020. “We were told the pregnancy would not go to full term and that my body was at risk carrying any longer.”
“Ben held me as I cried,” she shared. “We had to terminate the pregnancy.”
In 2019, the pair learned they were expecting again. However, the news brought her both happiness and fear.
“I couldn’t fathom going through it again,” said Prepon. “When the news began to sink in, we realized we’re going to go on this journey again and bring our daughter a sibling.”
“I was also ecstatic,” she continued. “I mean, it’s magical.”
source: people.com
