Michelle Williams stood before her Hollywood peers Sunday night and tied her Golden Globe win to an abortion she had years ago.
The Best Actress in a Limited Series winner for FX series, “Fosse/Verdon” told viewers to “thank God, or whomever you pray to” for living in a society where a woman can legally have an abortion.
“I wouldn’t have been able to do this without employing a woman’s right to choose, to choose when to have my children and with whom — when I felt supported and able to balance our lives,” Ms. Williams, who never explicitly used the word “abortion,” and who is currently pregnant, said.
“As women and as girls, things can happen to our bodies that are not our choice,” she said. “I know my choices might look different than yours, but thank God, or whomever you pray to, that we live in a country founded on the principle that I am free to live by my faith and you are free to live by yours,” she continued. “So, women, 18 to 118, when it is time to vote, please do so in your own self-interest. It’s what men have been doing for years.”
The Hollywood crowd burst into applause; NBC cameras panned to many celebrities with tears in their eyes.
“Don’t forget: we [women] are the largest voting body in this country. Let’s make it look more like us,” she concluded.
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