Chelsea Handler Reveals She Had 2 Abortions at Age 16

 Handler says she got pregnant with her boy friend after having an unprotected sex.

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In her statement she said "I just thought, 'Why not?' I can have a baby. Maybe I'll have twins and give them rhyming names," she details. "Of course, the idea that I would have a child and raise it by myself at that age, when I couldn't even find my way home at night, was ridiculous. My parents recognized that, so they acted like parents for one of the very first times in my life and took me to Planned Parenthood."

In a surprising disclosure, she said that she got pregnant for the second time and was not able to afford another $230 (Planned Parenthood's fee for a "safe abortion").

According to the 41 year old Handler, "Getting unintentionally pregnant more than once is irresponsible, but it's still necessary to make a thoughtful decision,"  "We all make mistakes all the time. I happened to up twice at the age of 16. I'm grateful that I came to my senses and was able to get an abortion legally without risking my health or bankrupting myself or my family."

Handler's ability to make a decision about welcoming a child into her life, she writes, is thanks to Roe v. Wade, the monumental 1973 Supreme Court decision on a woman's legal right to an abortion.

"Once you go forward in history, you don't go backward. That would be like the government saying, 'Okay, we're taking away your right to vote too,' “Handler says.”You can't introduce a black person and be like, 'Oh, I just got a slave!' That era is over."

What can we learn from this? Even if you make mistake in life, don’t give up, don’t condemn yourself and lose focus in life.