Opinion | Uma Thurman: The Texas abortion law is a human rights crisis for American women

There is so much pain in this story. It was my darkest secret so far. I am 51 years old and I share it with you from the home where I raised my three children who are my pride and joy. My life has been extraordinary, sometimes full of heartbreak, challenge, loss and fear – just like the lives of so many women – but also like hers, shaped by courage and compassion. I fathered my beautiful, magical children with men I loved and whom I trusted enough to dare bring a child into this world. I do not regret the path I went. I applaud and support women who make other choices. The abortion I had as a teenager was the hardest decision of my life, one that tormented me then and still makes me sad today, but it was the path to a life of joy and love that I experienced. The decision not to keep this early pregnancy enabled me to grow up and become the mother I wanted and needed to be.