{"id":305249,"date":"2024-01-18T16:42:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=305249"},"modified":"2024-01-18T13:37:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T19:37:41","slug":"actress-busy-philipps-aclu-ambassador-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/actress-busy-philipps-aclu-ambassador-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress Busy Philipps named new ACLU ambassador for abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The ACLU announced on January 16 that actress Busy Philipps is its new &#8220;Artist Ambassador for Reproductive Freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Philipps is known for her roles in \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek,\u201d \u201cFreaks and Geeks,\u201d and \u201cER,\u201d but in recent years she has become an outspoken advocate of abortion. In 2019, her autobiography revealed that she had an abortion at age 15. In 2020, she spoke at a pro-abortion rally, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/actress-busy-philipps-rages-beautiful-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screaming<\/a> that because she was able to kill her preborn child, she had a successful career and now has a &#8220;beautiful life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have all of this\u2026 all of it\u2026 because, <em>because<\/em>, <em>because<\/em> I was allowed bodily autonomy at 15!\u201d she screamed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C6mi6uu6W2E?si=n78s1ycwrsvKtTrZ\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, she has also <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-within-reach-campaign-celebrities-access-minors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaigned<\/a> for abortion on demand, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/busy-philipps-abortion-chain-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a> for minors, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/busy-philipps-abortion-chain-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared<\/a> in a propaganda video for Texas abortion business Whole Woman&#8217;s Health, an abortion chain with a troubled history of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-chain-fail-inspections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failing health inspections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to formalize Busy\u2019s role as an ACLU Artist Ambassador after years of Busy\u2019s tireless advocacy fighting for abortion access for all,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/busy-philipps-named-as-aclu-artist-ambassador-for-reproductive-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Jessica Herman Weitz, director of artist &amp; entertainment engagement nationwide at the ACLU. &#8220;At this critical moment for abortion rights and our democracy, we look forward to working with Busy to ensure we the people hold the power over our own bodies in our country \u2014 not politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Philipps said, &#8220;I\u2019m honored to be able to use my microphone to share the importance of being able to access reproductive healthcare and advocating alongside the ACLU to protect and expand access to essential care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While organizations like the ACLU often push the lie that abortion is healthcare, it isn&#8217;t caring &#8212; it&#8217;s a brutal procedure that results in the death of a human being through starvation, dismemberment, or poison. Likewise, it isn&#8217;t essential &#8212; even in cases where a mother&#8217;s life is at risk,\u00a0surgical procedures that may result in the preterm delivery of the child are <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/acog-pregnancy-book-delivery-abortion-complications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not abortions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As an ambassador for the ACLU, Philipps and her message perpetuates the lie that women cannot be successful without abortion. Pregnant mothers need to be supported at all stages, not told that they need to kill their children in order to succeed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/tell-congress-stop-the-doj-from-targeting-pro-life-americans\/?utm_campaign=doj_petition&amp;utm_medium=lan_website\"><b><i>The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail this Christmas for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACLU announced on January 16 that actress Busy Philipps is its new &#8220;Artist Ambassador for Reproductive Freedom.&#8221; Philipps is known for her roles in \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek,\u201d \u201cFreaks and Geeks,\u201d and \u201cER,\u201d but in recent years she has become an outspoken advocate of abortion. 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