Lena Dunham: Saying She ‘Wished’ She had Had an Abortion Was a ‘Distasteful Joke’ That ‘Didn’t Translate’
Earlier today, Lena Dunham faced backlash on social media for saying “I still haven’t had an abortion, but I wish I had” on her podcast. She responded, taking the blame for her words with an Instagram post with a photo, saying that it was a “distasteful joke” that “didn’t translate.”
She continued, saying, “I would never, ever intentionally trivialize the emotional and physical challenges of terminating a pregnancy. My only goal is to increase awareness and decrease stigma. I take reproductive choice in America more seriously than I take literally anything else, and therefore own full responsibility for any words I speak that don’t convey this truth clearly.”
She finished by noting she gave a “sizable donation to abortion funds…in New York, Texas, and Ohio,” because in her world, “if you mess up your pro-choice messaging,” that’s what you do.
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