Lily Allen has spoken of having an abortion, saying women should not have to “justify” a termination of pregnancy with “exceptional reasons.”
The British singer – who appeared on stage with teenage star Olivia Rodrigo as a surprise guest in Glastonbury to perform her hit song F *** You, in response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to end with the constitutional right to abortion of the country- made the comments. in a statement on Instagram.
After the move, many people have shared experiences of extreme situations and reasons for abortion, such as ectopic pregnancies or when rape victims become pregnant. But Allen, who is a mother of two, said women who justify their abortions play “in the hands of the bad guys.”
Image: Allen joined American teen star Olivia Rodrigo as a surprise guest during her performance in Glastonbury
“I would like people to stop posting examples of exceptional reasons to have an abortion,” he wrote. “Most people I know, myself included, just didn’t want to have a baby. AND THAT’S ENOUGH RIGHT! WE DON’T HAVE TO JUSTIFY IT.
“It doesn’t have to be said, and I think all these examples just play into the hands of the bad guys.”
Allen, 37, joined 19-year-old Rodrigo on the other stage of the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, the day after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the historic 1973 Roe v Wade case.
Rodrigo said it was “the biggest dream come true” to act with Allen, but that he had mixed emotions over having “a broken heart for what happened yesterday in America.”
He went on to say that “so many women and so many girls will die for this,” before presenting Allen’s song and dedicating it to “five members of the Supreme Court who have shown us that at the end of the day you truly don’t give a damn. freedom “.
Allen is married to Stranger Things and Black Widow star David Harbor, 47, and has two daughters, Ethel and Marnie, with her ex-husband Sam Cooper. Before her children were born, she suffered a devastating miscarriage when she was seven months pregnant.
Image: Lily Allen is married to Stranger Things star David Harbor
She and Rodrigo are among a number of celebrities who have been convicted by the Supreme Court.
Billie Eilish also spoke out against the controversial ruling in Glastonbury during its headline that made history as the youngest solo performer in history, just hours after the decision was announced.
“Today is a very, very dark day for women in the US,” she said. “I’ll just say that, because I can’t stand thinking about it anymore right now.”
Protests took place across the UK following the decision to remove the constitutional right to abortion in the US, which is expected to lead to a ban on abortion in about half of the country’s states.
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Image: Billie Eilish became Glastonbury’s youngest solo headliner. Image: Joel C Ryan / Invision / AP
British star James Corden is also among celebrities who have condemned the “incomprehensible” decision, saying it has moved the country “into a dark age” and endangered “millions of women and their families”.
Corden has presented The Late Late Show in the US for eight years, but earlier this year he announced his decision to resign in 2023.
Speaking in London on Monday, in the first of a special set of recordings for The Late Late, he made comparisons between the legal systems of the United States and that of the United Kingdom.
“It was here in 1967 where David Steel, a member of parliament, introduced a bill that legalized abortion in the UK,” he said.
“Now, if that ever changed, it would take at least 326 elected officials to accept something like that. Then another 400 would be needed in the House of Lords to vote on this bill before it can ever become law.
“So it’s almost 800 people who would have to agree before the fundamental rights of half the population were in jeopardy in the UK.”