Britney Spears says she ended her pregnancy in secret with pills, which was incredibly painful, in 2000. Republicans want to turn back the clock to that era.

By Susan Rinkunas
Oct 20, 2023

In her forthcoming memoir, The Woman in Me (out next week), Britney Spears reveals that not only did she have an abortion during her relationship with Justin Timberlake, but that she ended her pregnancy at home with pills, which was a painful, hours-long experience.

Spears writes in the book that “it was important that no one find out about the pregnancy or the abortion, which meant doing everything at home.” Both TMZ and the Associated Press reported Friday that the couple got abortion pills so they didn’t have to tell anyone. Spears says that she was afraid and in pain. “I kept crying and sobbing until it was all over,” she writes, adding that it was “excruciating.” “It took hours, and I don’t remember how it ended, but I do, twenty years later, remember the pain of it, and the fear.”

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