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Chelsea Handler

The then 16-year-old comedienne admitted it was her parents (who she’s not close with) convinced her to terminate her fetus.

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Marilyn Monroe

It is rumored that the Hollywood heartbreaker had up to 12 abortions but one can’t be certain.

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Madonna

It’s also said that Madonna has had 11 abortions, a claim she hasn’t tackled but she doesn’t deny she’s had some.

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Penny Marshall

The fearless director had no qualms in admitting she is comfortable in her decision to have an abortion at an early age. The definition of pro-choice.

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Sharon Osbourne

Simply put, The Talk co-host said “having an abortion was the “worst thing I ever did.”

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Margaret Cho

Like a true comedienne, Cho managed to incorporate her real life situations in her stand-up routines.

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Toni Braxton

The R&B star admittingly feels like her abortion caused God to punish her for her autistic child.

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Lil Kim

The late Notorious B.I.G. never stopped sleeping with his female rap protegé even while married to Faith Evans, but she didn’t go through with the pregnancy.

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Mackenzie Phillips

As a child star, Mackenzie admitted to getting an abortion at age 19, with the father believed to be her own father, John Phillips.

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Margot Kidder

Before she was Lois Lane, Kidder didn’t feel too super about her home-given abortions. She actually claims she had nightmares of her vagina being haunted.

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Stevie Nicks

Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles would have been linked through human child but Nicks aborted Don Henley’s baby and wrote a classic song about it.

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Kathy Najimy

Although she was well-known for playing a nun in Sister Act, Najimy proudly supports a woman’s right to choose, as well as her past decision to do so.

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Sinead O’Connor

The reclusive singer didn’t feel she was capable of raising a child when she had her abortion in 1991.

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Nicki Minaj

On the first track of her new album The Pinkprint, the Hip-Hop star opens up about having an abortion as a teen. She later raps how rival female rappers won’t get her spot until she takes time off to have some children. Sometimes it’s a maturity time.

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Whoopi Goldberg

A teenaged Whoopi said she mixed, Johnny Walker Red, Clorox bleach, alcohol and baking soda for her home abortion. It’s remarkable she survived and was able to birth a child afterwards.

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Vanessa L. Williams

Williams has four children but her first pregnancy was terminated as a teenager.

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Sherri Shepherd

A teary-eyed Shepard admitted to having “a lot of abortions” in 2012.

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Maureen McCormick

“Marcia, Marcia, Marcia,” had to be perfect but her real-life counterpart had three abortions in her later teenage years.

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Judy Garland

Liza Minnelli was the first-born but The Wizard of Oz legend aborted her first pregnancy to keep up with the expectations of Hollywood.

Celebrities Who Had Abortions