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Why Ashley Judd chose abortion

The actor was speaking at Tine Brown’s 10th Annual Women in the World Summit.

Actress Ashley Judd, who has been open about being raped thrice, revealed that one of the times she had to go for an abortion. She is glad she did it. According to eonline.com, the actor was speaking at Tine Brown’s 10th Annual Women in the World Summit.

“As everyone knows, and I’m very open about it, I’m a three-time rape survivor. And one of the times I was raped, there was conception, and I'm very thankful I was able to access safe and legal abortion,” Ashley said.

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Talking about the reason why she took the step and is happy about it, Ashley said, “Because that rapist, who is a Kentucky-ian, as am I, and I reside in Tennessee, has paternity rights in Kentucky and Tennessee. I would have had to co-parent with a rapist.”

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