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    Maya Hawke "Wouldn't Exist" If Mom Uma Thurman Hadn't Been Able To Get A Safe Abortion When She Was A Teen

    "Both of my parents' lives would have been derailed if she hadn't have had access to safe and legal healthcare — fundamental healthcare."

    Maya Hawke candidly spoke about mother Uma Thurman's abortion in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned.

    Maya and Uma posing together on the red carpet

    Late last year, Uma herself penned an essay where she said that she was “accidentally impregnated by a much older man” as a teenager and decided to have an abortion after talking over the decision with her family.

    Uma at the Oscars last year

    Well, appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Maya told Jimmy, "I called my mom to ask for advice today about coming in to talk to you."

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    "It's a big luxury of mine," she continued. "We just got into talking about the Supreme Court ruling and this essay that my mom wrote a couple months ago when they were putting these further restrictions on abortion access, sort of preceding this whole thing."

    Maya talking to Jimmy Fallon on his show

    "If she hadn't had it, she wouldn't have become the person that she had become, and I wouldn't exist. Both of my parents' lives would have been derailed if she hadn't have had access to safe and legal healthcare — fundamental healthcare."

    Maya and Uma sat together front row of a fashion show

    "Wealthy people will always be able to get abortions, but so many people, because of this ruling, will not only not be able to pursue their dreams, but actually lose their lives and be unsafe."

    Maya posing at a screening of "Stranger Things"

    "So I just wanted to say, fuck the Supreme Court. But we're going to keep fighting it, and we're going to win, like our grandmothers did," she added.

    Maya Hawke on the red carpet

    You can learn more about how to still access abortion in the US here and how to donate to abortion funds here.