Debbie Reynolds' Emotional Abortion Story Resurfaces: 'The Baby Died Inside of Me' at 7 Months

Mar. 15, 2025

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Debbie Reynoldsopened up about her “dangerous"abortion experiencein the 1960s.

In the video clip from 1989, the legendary actress — whopassed awayin 2016 — toldJoan Riversthat doctors initially refused her an abortion in the 1960s because it was against the law. The vintage clip resurfaced after theSupreme Court overturnedRoe v. Wadelast week.

She continued, “And in those days, there were no abortions allowed, whether you were ill, whether you were raped, whether the child died, which is disgusting to think there is those laws.”

“That was the law. It didn’t matter,” she explained. “It had to abort itself — it could not be taken from me. It’s insane to think that could be.”

Doctors were eventually forced to do the procedure because Reynold’s life was at risk.

“They couldn’t leave it anymore because now the child is in the sac but, of course, finally after so much time, all the poisons and everything would have killed me,” she explained.

“They finally agreed they would try to take this child out,” she added. “At this point now, it was more dangerous than ever.”

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Reynolds was “lucky enough” to get pregnant again after a number of months; however, she suffered the same experience.

source: people.com