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"  Despite the fact that 3 in 10 women in the U.S.\u00A0will have an abortion by the age of 45, the procedure still carries a stigma. But in an interview on HuffPost Live\u00A0this week, actress Swoosie Kurtz spoke openly about having an abortion in the 1960s. &amp;quot;It was impossibly difficult and anguishing,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;First of all, to make the decision, and secondly to, having made the decision \u2014 &amp;#039;cause I was very young \u2014 find the means and the way to do it without going to Mexico and risking your life, and I would just hate to see us go back to a time when only the wealthy can have a safe abortion or any abortion.&amp;quot; She went on to explain why she felt it was important to talk about her experience: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not really a political statement for me. It&amp;#039;s just a very personal one from what I know I went through.&amp;quot; Kurtz said she never told her mother, even though she told her about everything else going on in her life. &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;#039;t at that point,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I could now.&amp;quot;\u00A0 RELATED:\u00A0 These Women Want to Change the Way You Think About Abortion Why Aren&amp;#039;t Politicians Fighting for Your Right to an Abortion? Follow Lori on Twitter. Photo Credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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