Busy Philipps has asked women to share their abortion stories online. This is in response to Alabamaโs passage of a near-blanket ban on abortion.
โ1 in 4 women have had an abortion. Many people think they donโt know someone who has, but #youknowme,โ Philipps wrote on her Twitter earlier today. โSo letโs do this: if you are also the 1 in 4, letโs share it and start to end the shame. Use #youknowme and share your truth.โ
According to Philipps, after she told her own abortion story last week on Busy Tonight โ albeit in response to Georgiaโs passage of their restrictive โFetal Heartbeatโ bill โ producer Tina Fey encouraged her start the hashtag.
โShe said, โI think you hit on something, which is you know me,'โ Philipps told The New York Times, though she admits that she was feeling a little too โoverwhelmedโ to do it right after sharing her story. โIt makes it very personal.โ

The hashtag is trending and has 3,941 tweets so farโall of which are from women who, like Busy, have their own abortion stories.
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On her show, Busy revealed she had an abortion when she was a teen. โI had an abortion when I was 15 years old, and Iโm telling you this because Iโm genuinely really scared for women and girls all over this country, and I think we all need to be talking more and sharing our stories more,โ she said.

She went on to say that many women donโt even know theyโre pregnant at six weeks, and that these โwomen and their doctors in the best position to make informed decisions about whatโs best for them.โ
Busy also shared that bills that criminalize abortion typically donโt lower abortion rates, but put women at risk as they attempt to perform abortions themselves or have them performed in unsafe environments.