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ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 2019 04:06 PM
MANILA – Former Miss USA Olivia Jordan took to social media where she revealed that she was molested as a child and was raped as a teenager.
The revelation was part of a lengthy Instagram post, where Jordan aired her opinion about laws concerning abortion.
Jordan said it is through that lens that she views “the new policies that govern what happens to a woman’s body as a direct assault.”
“Decisions were made for my body without my consent. My body and mind have been traumatized in ways I am still recovering from many years later. Maybe it sounds unjust to compare criminalizing abortion to being raped; but to me, it feels the same,” she said.
“I used to get angry when confronted with anti-abortion messaging. I used to want to yell and scream back how I felt. But then we would just have two people screaming,” she added.
Jordan clarified that she is stating her piece not to impose her beliefs on others.
“No one will ever force you to have an abortion. And I ask, if you could pause for one second and realize how insane it is to impose your views on me, to force me or any woman to endure a pregnancy she is not ready for, maybe even one she didn’t consent to in the first place,” she said.
“Maybe you haven’t had the life experience I have had where your body has been controlled too many times without your consent but I have, and I will fight hard to stop any person from enduring the same fate,” she saud,
To end her post, Jordan appealed for others not to support “policies that strip people of their rights and their free choice.”
“Because when men make laws that govern women’s body without their consent, I feel like I am being assaulted all over again. I feel like we are letting the perpetrators win,” she said.
She then hoped “for a better future where we can realize that we can live in harmony even when we don’t agree.”
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