Singer Halsey, 27, has opened up about her experience with pregnancy loss in an emotional open letter.
Halsey, best known for her smash hit songs “Without Me,” and “Bad At Love,” has frequently spoken out about the issues that they are passionate about, and in a new open letter, they are continuing that tradition by opening up about how her miscarriages have affected her opinion on the overturning of Roe v. Wade .
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“I gave birth to my son on July 14, 2021,” the letter begins.
“It was a beautiful labor. I sat back, knees apart, with my partner by my side and laughed my way through delivering him. I was puzzled by the absence of tears; the hysterical euphoria was not what I had anticipated,” Halsey shared .
“I had been flanked by nurses and doctors in a bed like this before, heaving through sobs and feeling blood trickle down my thighs like tiny spiders under my skin. I miscarried three times before my 24th birthday.”
“It seemed a cruel irony that I could get pregnant with ease but struggled to maintain a pregnancy,” they continued.
“One of my miscarriages required ‘aftercare,’ a gentle way of saying that I would need an abortion, because my body could not terminate the pregnancy completely on its own and I would risk going into sepsis without medical intervention. During this procedure, I cried. I was afraid for myself and I was helpless. I was desperate to end the pregnancy that was threatening my life,” they shared .
“I thought back to this moment for a fleeting second as my son entered the world.”
“There was the same sterile smell. The same white sheets and unnerving noises of beeping and commotion. But when Ender was born, the world went silent. My body, which I had loathed for years for routinely “failing,” had done everything right.”
“I rewrote my will during the third trimester of my pregnancy,” she revealed.
“This is what some people who wish to see the end of abortion rights believe is right. Many people have asked me if, since carrying a child to term after years of struggling to do so, I have reconsidered my stance on abortion. The answer is firmly no. In fact, I have never felt more strongly about it. My abortion saved my life and gave way for my son to have his,” the letter concluded.
We applaud Halsey for sharing this powerful letter!
h/t: Vogue
