Chelsea Handler was heavily criticized by her followers after she admitted she had two abortions in the same year when she was a teenager.
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In a personal essay she wrote for Playboy this week, the comedian made the shocking revelation that she had two unplanned pregnancies during the same year when she was a teenager. (RELATED: Chelsea Handler Reveals She Had Two Abortions When She Was 16)
“I didn’t have just one abortion; I had two in the same year, impregnated by the same guy,” Handler wrote. “I didn’t have the money the second time. I had to scrape together the $230 to pay Planned Parenthood, but it was a safe abortion.”
“When I agreed to write an article on a woman’s right to choose, I certainly wasn’t bragging,” Handler tweeted Tuesday. “I chose to tell the truth.”
When I agreed to write an article on a woman's right to choose, I certainly wasn't bragging. I chose to tell the truth. #shouldbemoreofit
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) June 28, 2016
Her fans were quick to criticize her. (RELATED: Chelsea Handler: ‘Being Politically Correct Isn’t Working For America’)
@chelseahandler It's really messed up that this woman has so many admirers.
— Chris (@CJ_sports_twit) June 29, 2016
@Playboy @CarolDanes @chelseahandler – you let men treat you like a barren empty sperm dumpster. This is not something to be proud of.
— Elizabeth Knopp (@Nobody861) June 28, 2016
@carrie_coconut @chelseahandler yeah, abortions are cool huh??
— Frankie Bass (@frankie_bass18) June 28, 2016
@chelseahandler I like how you assume your life would have been ruined had you gone through w it, happy my parent had a better outlook
— NoCountryForOldMen (@AnthonyNYG8690) June 28, 2016
@chelseahandler we got it…you killed to babies #truthteller
— Jeff Nistler (@niscantmiss) June 28, 2016
@frankie_bass18 @MarePCZ @chelseahandler There is always adoption too. So many families would LOVE a baby.
— Kaiser B. Ramesis (@KaiserBRamesis) June 28, 2016
@KaiserBRamesis @frankie_bass18 @chelseahandler there are how many THOUSANDS of kids in foster care? Start there with the adoption process
— Marilyn C (@MarePCZ) June 28, 2016
@chelseahandler This is a soulless woman. She revels in death of her children. She should be pitied. Her life must be a nightmare.
— JJMAC (@McCahillJim) June 29, 2016
@chelseahandler If you weren't "thoughtfully ready to become a parent" you should've been on the pill or insisted bio dad wear a condom.
— G (@williamsgregr) June 29, 2016