Actress Natasha Lyonne clarifies remarks after saying 12-year-olds should be able to get abortions

Actress Natasha Lyonne clarified her remarks in a recent post on X after saying 12-year-olds should be able to get abortions. “When I think of the kids or like the 12-year-old girl that can’t get an abortion or something or you know it’s that that’s what really like rips me apart,” Lyonne said in an interview at the 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday in Santa Monica, California.In a post on X on Sunday, Lyonne said her remarks on 12-year-old’s getting abortions were “Not my eloquent best, I grant you.” “To clarify: I meant to say, that in many states now, if a young girl is raped, even by a family member, she would be forced to have that child against her will, or risk going to prison longer than her perpetrator,” Lyonne said.“And yeah, I think that’s about the darkest way to destroy a young woman’s life & autonomy & I say that coming from a place of first hand experience.There is too much unnecessary & violent shrapnel happening to our most marginalized groups & total fear of reprisal in speaking up.

Heck, I’m scared too.” Lyonne, who is known for her roles in “American Pie” and “Poker Face,” told The Hollywood Reporter, “I hate violence so much.” In her post on X, she also said she is afraid of “mob mentality.”  “But more than fear of personal ridicule, I fear the unmitigated glee of mob mentality, the kind that leads too easily to dehumanization & the disintegration of our collective moral compass,” she said.“As an empath, I struggle to find the words to articulate my heartbreak for the rising toll of individual human beings presently tangled in this risky, political power play.Perhaps naively, I always envisioned progress as an empowering endeavor, working towards healing and understanding, with the goal of becoming a unified nation.

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