Celebrities talk about Abortion
Brook Shields - Actress & Supermodel
"Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion."
(Source: Redbook Magazine, August, 1991)
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Kate Mulgrew
 The American Feminist magazine's Winter 2000-2001 issue spotlighted 15 women who were active in the pro-life arena.
Kate Mulgrew, best known for her role as Capt. Kathryn Janeway on the television series, "Star Trek: Voyager," describes herself in the article as a liberal Democrat who opposes both abortion and capital punishment.
"Abortion does not compute with my philosophy," said Kate, who became pregnant at an early age and gave her baby girl up for adoption. In 1998 she was reunited with her daughter and now has sons.
"I have to be frank about my experience," she said. "I survived it. Women often don't believe that they can survive nine months of pregnancy and place the child with an adoptive family."
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Patricia Heaton
 Co-star of Everybody Loves Raymond, Patricia Heaton serves as the Honorary Chair of Feminists for Life. Through this pro-women interest group, Patricia works to inform people that "Every 36 seconds in America a women lays her body down, forced to choose abortion out of a lack of practical resources and emotional support. Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women."
"Having and raising children is doing something with your life! ... And I have to say that having your kids is one of the greatest things you can do."
During Heaton's acceptance speech for the Emmy award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series in 2000, she thanked "my mother for letting me out, because life is really amazing."
She told The American Feminist magazine (Winter 2000-2001) that she believes it is better to "make the system conform to what is best for you and your baby instead of making the baby go away to conform to what is best for the system." |
Mel Gibson
 On a 1990 Barbara Walters Special, actor Mel Gibson stated his opposition to birth control, infidelity and abortion.
"God is the only One who knows how many children we should have, and we should be ready to accept them. One can't decide for oneself who comes into this world and who doesn't. That decision doesn't belong to us."
In a land full of scandals and month-long marriages, Mel has been married to his wife Robyn for 23 years, and they have seven children together.
In the magazine entitled Time Pacific dated January 22, 2001, Jess Cagle writes, "Asked if his views on abortion and divorce have softened, he [Mel Gibson] says, 'No, they haven't changed much. People call me Attila the Hun and all this stuff, but it's how I attempt to live my life. There are basically 10 rules, and they work if you adhere to them. Love thy neighbor-that's a good societal plan.'"
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Kim Alexis
 "I think that our whole country needs to have more love and compassion for all children.
All life is valuable and a gift from God. Pregnancy is not something that "just happens." Pregnancy is a gift from God. I think it is God telling us "OK, you are responsible enough to raise this new young life that I, God, am going to give you." And for people who can't conceive children, God may be asking you for an even more generous response -- to adopt and raise a child." |
Naomi Judd
 In an appearance on the Sally Jesse Raphael show on March 6, 1998, Naomi explained that when she became pregnant as an unwed teenager, abortion was "not an option for me."
Having "worked as a labor and delivery nurse ... I've seen ultrasounds ... you know that those babies are real." She reminded the audience that if she had had an abortion, the world would have been deprived of the great singing talent of her daughter and fellow performer, Wynonna Judd. (Source: Sally Jesse Raphael show, 03/06/98) |
Dolores O'Riordan - Lead Vocalist, The Cranberries:
 "It's not good for women to go through the procedure [abortion] and have something living sucked out of their bodies. It belittles women.
Even though some women say, 'Oh, I don't mind to have one,' every time a woman has an abortion, it just crushes her self-esteem smaller and smaller and smaller."
(Source: You! Magazine, June/July 1996)
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Bob Carlisle - Singer/Songwriter ("Butterfly Kisses")
 "Abortion is an act of desperation. It's an awful solution to a situation that God can work out for good through adoption."
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Lakita Garth - Miss Black CA 1995 & Runner-Up for Miss Black America
"If you're pregnant, don't compound the problem by seeking an abortion.
Getting an abortion doesn't solve anything. You are much better off in that situation to put the baby up for adoption because you might be able to help a couple that can't have children."
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Loretta Young - Actress
The American Feminist magazine's Winter 2000-2001 issue paid tribute to Loretta Young, who died in August 2000.
She reportedly said to those contemplating abortion: "Be careful, be very careful. Abortion is wrong to start with, but in addition, you don't know who or what you are aborting ... a Joan of Arc, a Mother Teresa or even a pope." |
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