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Actress and artist Jemima Kirke, best known as Jessa on HBO's Girls, terminated a pregnancy while she was in college in 2007. In this new PSA for the Center for Reproductive Rights, she shares that story. It isn't sensational or scandalous. In fact, her story seems rather common—and that's exactly why the PSA is affecting.
Speaking candidly about abortion is often met with stigma and shame, even embarrassment, according to Kirke, who is looking to combat the taboo nature of abortion stories by opening up about her own.
In the three-minute PSA, the mother of three (including two daughters, whom she mentions) notes the hurdles she had to clear to gain access to the legal procedure.
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