Christina Applegate, star of Married With Children and Dead to Me, opens up in her bestselling memoir You with the Sad Eyes about the emotional impact of her abortion.
She describes the experience as “killing my child” and calls abortion “murder,” reflecting on the lasting guilt and trauma she has carried for decades.
In audio excerpts from the memoir, Applegate reads from her diary, recounting her pregnancy in 1991 and the difficult decision to end it. She also shares a heartfelt poem written to the child she lost, expressing her enduring sorrow.
Applegate links these experiences with the toll on her mental and physical health, including her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis. She reflects on how early-life trauma, including sexual abuse, compounded the emotional impact of her abortion.
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