Lena Dunham Apologizes for 'Distasteful Joke' About Wishing for an Abortion
Maria Velasquez | | Dec 22, 2016 08:46 AM EST |
(Photo : Getty Images) "Girls" star Lena Dunham expressed sorry for her "distasteful joke" about wanting an abortion.
Lena Dunham apologized for her "distasteful joke" about wishing for an abortion in her recent podcast episode for "Women of the Hour."
As previously reported, the "Girls" creator and actress expressed her strong opinions about abortion and commented that while she has never had one it, she wishes she did.
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Along with a photo of a blackboard with the word "Choice" written on it in chalk, Dunham explained herself on her Instagram on Tuesday with a lengthy caption.
Firstly, she explained how her podcast episode was meant to "tell a multifaceted story about reproductive choice in America" and to explain the reasons behind women's free will to choose whether or not to have children and "what bodily autonomy really means."
Although she admitted she feels "so proud" of the mixed opinions that were offered by other women who participated the episode, she said she truly hopes that her "distasteful joke" would not diminish their amazing overall work on the podcast.
Dunham then admitted that it was her "fault" and that she would "never, ever intentionally trivialize the emotional and physical challenges" of abortion. Her misinterpreted goal? Supposedly just to "increase awareness and descrease stigma" surroundig the topic of abortion.
Dunham insisted that she takes "reproductive choice in America more seriously than I take literally anything else" and regrets that her words did not express it clearly in her recent comments on the podcast. She then acknowledged the fact that she will have bashers who will "never like a thing that leaves my lips" but explained anyway for "the women who have placed their trust in me," adding that they mean everything to her.
She then promised that she "will be devoted to reproductive justice and freedom," adding that she will be giving a sizable donation to abortion funds for New York, Texas, and Ohio via AbortionFunds.org as a way to make up for her mess up (sort of how anyone else would drop cash in a curse jar).
"I look forward to fighting with you all for the next four years and beyond," Dunham concluded.
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