Jennifer Lawrence Gets Candid About Experiencing 2 Miscarriages And How They Shaped Her Thoughts On Roe V. Wade
She has been one of the most popular and highest-paid actresses in the world over the last several years, but Jennifer Lawrence has recently embarked on a new journey: motherhood. She opened up in a recent interview about what life is like with her 6-month-old son.
It's common these days to see celebrities have strong opinions on politics. Jennifer Lawrence is no exception to that, and in fact, becoming a mother has made her even more inclined to have strong opinions on what's going on in politics. She opened up in a recent interview with Vogue about her political views and motherhood in general.
Jennifer Lawrence Gets Candid About Experiencing 2 Miscarriages and How They Shaped Her Thoughts on Roe V. Wade
Jennifer and her husband Cooke Maroney welcomed their first son, Cy, into the world in February. She said she was nervous that she wouldn't fall in love with her son right away, but it turns out she did.
“The morning after I gave birth, I felt like my whole life had started over," she gushed. "Like, Now is day one of my life. I just stared. I was just so in love. I also fell in love with all babies everywhere. Newborns are just so amazing. They’re these pink, swollen, fragile little survivors. Now I love all babies."
Becoming a mother has fired her up even more about her political beliefs, and she expressed great disappointment in the fact that Roe v. Wade was overturned. Jennifer shared that she grew up in a conservative family in Kentucky, and that she considered herself to be a Republican for much of her youth because that was simply how she was raised.
But when she was watching an episode of 30 Rock, everything changed. There was a line about how Liz Lemon wasn't a crazy liberal, she just wanted people to drive more hybrid cars to protect the environment. That's when she started thinking more about taxes: “Nobody likes to see half their paycheck go away, but it made sense to me. Yeah, for the greater good, I guess it makes sense.”
Jennifer also shared intimate details of miscarriages she experienced in the past. When she was in her 20s, she got pregnant and was planning on having an abortion. But she ended up having a miscarriage "alone in Montreal." A couple years ago, she got pregnant again. She was married already at the time and she wanted to have a baby, but she unfortunately experienced another miscarriage.
“I remember a million times thinking about it while I was pregnant. Thinking about the things that were happening to my body," she said. "And I had a great pregnancy. I had a very fortunate pregnancy. But every single second of my life was different. And it would occur to me sometimes: What if I was forced to do this?”
Jennifer also expressed anger about the trigger ban laws in regards to abortion, especially in her home state of Kentucky. “It’s too personal to a female’s existence to watch white men debate over uteruses when they from the bottom of their hearts can’t find a clitoris," she said. “Get the government out of my snatch. Okay? Pull quote! On the record!”
She admits that she will get into arguments with her family over political issues, but she always returns to "the euphoria of Cy," which always brings her feelings of joy.