`It was easy'
Phoebe Bridgers shares own abortion story
Just hours after she'd climbed the stairs of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in a Jonathan Simkhai gown adorned with crystals, singer Phoebe Bridgers got personal about the Supreme Court's draft opinion on overturning Roe v. Wade.
“I had an abortion in October of last year while I was on tour,” Bridgers tweeted and posted on her Instagram Story last week. “I went to planned parenthood where they gave me the abortion pill.
“It was easy. Everyone deserves that kind of access.”
The message from Bridgers, 27, followed a Monday night report from Politico detailing a draft decision, penned by Justice Samuel Alito Jr., in which five Supreme Court conservatives agreed that the nearly 50-year-old case establishing the right to abortion should be overturned.
On Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. confirmed the authenticity of the document and said the court is investigating the leak.
News of the court's draft decision resurfaced concerns over access to the abortion pill, which the Food and Drug Administration in December made deliverable by mail through telehealth consultations.
Bridgers, who in her social media posts encouraged her followers to donate to abortion rights funds, said she took the abortion pill to end a pregnancy in the fall.
The Kyoto singer has been outspoken on abortion rights over the past few years. Last year, Bridgers announced that the proceeds from her cover of That Funny Feeling on Bo Burnham's Netflix special Inside would go to Texas Abortion Funds, which would distribute the money to 10 organizations. In a statement about the release, Bridgers said, “This one's for Greg Abbott,” referring to the Texas governor, a Republican, who signed a bill in May banning abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy. In 2020, Bridgers partnered with indie rock band Bright Eyes on a song to benefit Planned Parenthood.