'Contraception failed me': Jameela Jamil lashes out at critics her following abortion reveal... as she defiantly refuses to 'feel ashamed' after being branded a 'w***e'
- Jameela, 33, revealed she underwent an abortion in her younger years and admits it was the 'best decision she ever made'
- She was responding to Georgia's 'heartbeat bill' which has made it illegal for women to have an abortion after a heartbeat has been detected in the womb
- She revealed she has been branded a 'w***e' by men online and has also been accused of not using contraception
Jameela Jamil has lashed out at her critics after she was blasted for revealing she underwent an abortion when she was younger.
The Good Place star, 33, took to Twitter on Thursday to follow-up on her admission, which was in response to Georgia's 'heartbeat bill' which has made it illegal for women to have an abortion after a heartbeat has been detected in the womb.
She revealed that since opening up about her past experience, she has been branded a 'w***e' by men online and has also been accused of not using contraception - however she insisted the preventative measures failed her.
Honest: Jameela Jamil has lashed out at her critics after she was blasted for revealing she underwent an abortion when she was younger
Earlier this week, Jameela weighed in on the new law by drawing on her own experiences, as the model explained she had an abortion because she wasn't 'emotionally, physically or financially' ready to have a child.
She wrote: 'I had an abortion when I was young, and it was the best decision I have ever made. Both for me, and for the baby I didn’t want, and wasn’t ready for...
'Emotionally, psychologically and financially. So many children will end up in foster homes. So many lives ruined. So very cruel.'
Later in another post, Jameela defended her decision to have an abortion as she insisted it was 'my body, my choice' when she hit out at the legislation.
Shock: The Good Place star, 33, took to Twitter on Thursday to follow-up on her admission, which was in response to Georgia's 'heartbeat bill' which has made it illegal for women to have an abortion after a heartbeat has been detected in the womb
The Good Place star slammed the anti-abortion law in Georgia as 'so upsetting, inhumane and demonstrative of a hatred of women'.
Revealing the aftermath of her confession, she went on to write: 'Call me whatever you like. I’m not sorry about my abortion. Contraception failed me and I did what was best for my mental and physical health at the time...
'And I would do it again if I had to. I don’t feel at ALL ashamed, and if you had one too, for any reason, neither should you. Anyone who has a problem with this can suck on my GIANT curry flavoured balls. #prochoice'.
Hurt: She revealed that since opening up about her past experience, she has been branded a 'w***e' by men online and has also been accused of not using contraception - however she insisted the preventative measures failed her
She also revealed the response she has received, as she went on: 'A LOT of men calling me a whore and telling me I “shouldn’t have opened my legs” and that I should have used contraception...
'Not that it justifies my right to choose, but I DID use contraception, and it didn’t work, it doesn’t always work. It could happen to you, you utter clowns.'
In light of the new abortion law, the actress opened the floor for discussion with her 808,000 followers on Twitter and her 1.9million fans on Instagram.
Jameela clarified she wasn't insulting foster homes but she warned Georgia could become 'inundated with unwanted children' making it harder to re-home them.
Her comments follow American actresses Busy Phillipps and Alyssa Milano speaking out against the anti-abortion law.
Busy, 39, defended the rights of 'women and their doctors' during an episode of her late night talk show on Tuesday night.
'The statistic is that one in four women will have an abortion before age 45,' she said. 'That statistic sometimes surprises people, and maybe you're sitting there thinking, "I don't know a woman who would have an abortion." Well, you know me.'
Last year, Busy revealed she turned to the Pope for advice during a school trip after she had an abortion at the age of 15.
The Dawson's Creek star recalled falling pregnant with her first serious boyfriend and having a termination. She explained the only way she was able to move past the traumatic experience was to speak with Pope John Paul II.
In her book This Will Only Hurt a Little, Philipps' added that her parents discovered the news by reading her diary and that at the time her mother told her she was 'being selfish' and was 'going to murder a baby.'
Busy said ultimately her mother supported her through the heartbreaking experience. She said: 'My mother is who you want in your corner.'
Pained: The Good Place star slammed the anti-abortion law in Georgia as 'so upsetting, inhumane and demonstrative of a hatred of women'
