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Cher appears to admit to past abortion: ‘I knew I had to make a choice’
Singer and actress Cher has long been an outspoken pro-abortion advocate, but until now, has not spoken about her personal abortion experience. In her new autobiography, she insinuated that she had an abortion after becoming unexpectedly pregnant, due to fear that it would negatively affect her career.
EW reported that in her new book, “Cher: The Memoir,” the singer spoke about experiencing multiple miscarriages, as well as having an abortion. After Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, Cher used her experience with miscarriage to slam pro-life laws. While married to Sonny Bono, she said she suffered three pregnancy losses and needed medical intervention.
“When I was young I had [three] miscarriages. [First] at 18. I was alone in our house. [Sonny Bono] came home & I was sobbing & rocking on our floor,” she wrote on Twitter. “[W]hen I got [to the doctor] I was screaming in pain. [C]ouldn’t even stop in elevator. [Doctor] sent me straight [to] hospital, & [into] operating [room].”
When I was young I had 3 miscarriages.1st at 18.I was alone in our house.son came home & I was sobbing,& rocking on our floor.when I got 2 dr I was screaming in pain.couldn’t even stop in elevator.dr sent me straight 2 hospital,& in2 operating rm.WHAT WOULD HAPPEN 2 ME TODAY😭
It’s worth noting that Cher was 18 in 1964 before Roe had been enacted, and while preborn children were still protected from abortion in California. Ronald Reagan eventually legalized abortion in the state in 1967, allowing it in cases of rape, incest, or for the health of the mother, with “health” defined as physical or mental health — effectively allowing abortion for any reason. So at least one of Cher’s miscarriages took place before abortion was legalized, yet by her retelling, she received timely and appropriate medical care. By all accounts, she would receive the same care today that she received in 1964.
In 1975, after divorcing Bono, Cher married Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band. In the memoir, she said the Las Vegas wedding was the result of an unexpected pregnancy. She saw the doctor who had delivered her daughter with Bono, Chastity, who offered her the opportunity to have an abortion.
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“While examining me, he discovered I had some ovarian cysts and told me, ‘I can go ahead and take care of these.’ I’d known him for so long, if they had been dangerous he would have said, ‘You have cysts. I have to take them out.’ I pretty much knew what he meant when he offered it as a choice,” she wrote. Noting that she had to be on bed rest for four months while pregnant with Chastity, she felt her career dictated that she needed an abortion.
“I needed to be singing and dancing,” she continued. “I had a child, mother and sister to take care of. I knew I had to make a choice, and I knew what it was. It made it harder that I didn’t have Gregory to talk to about it, but I made my decision and I was so grateful to my doctor’s compassion for giving me one.”
She discussed the child she did have with Allman a year later, Elijah, separately, seemingly confirming that she had an abortion.
Like her fellow 70s superstar Stevie Nicks, Cher’s reasoning for having an abortion seemed to largely center on her career. Tragically, both women believed they couldn’t be successful without killing their children, although it’s not entirely surprising, considering Hollywood’s history of pressuring or coercing women into abortions.
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