“Abortion is literally on the ballot,” the Oscar-winning actor told People this week, describing the current Vice President as an “amazing candidate.” “I know that she will do whatever she can to protect reproductive rights.”
As I’m sure you know, Kamala has consistently supported legislation to restore the right to abortions across the US after Roe v. Wade — a landmark legal ruling that protected the constitutional right to abortions since 1973 — was overturned in June 2022.
Referring to Kamala’s Republican opponent, former president Donald Trump, Jennifer made her stance clear, saying: “That’s the most important thing, is to not let somebody into the White House who is going to ban abortion.”
For context, Jennifer has previously talked openly about growing up in a conservative home in Kentucky. In fact, during an interview with Vogue, which took place days after Roe v. Wade was overturned, she revealed she previously fell out with family members over their Republican beliefs.
“I just worked so hard in the last five years to forgive my dad and my family and try to understand: It’s different. The information they are getting is different. Their life is different,” she said, talking about a “rift” in her family prompted by the 2016 presidential election.
Now, the Hunger Games star is using her platform to produce documentaries shining a light on women’s rights, emphasizing the importance of education through storytelling during her interview with People.
Jennifer’s company, Excellent Cadaver, has produced two as-yet-unreleased documentary films: Bread and Roses, which follows “three women in real time as they fight to recover their autonomy” living under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, and Zurawski v Texas, which is about the women involved in a 2023 lawsuit against the state of Texas over restrictive abortion laws.
Talking more about Zurawski v Texas — also co-produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton — Jen said that the women in the film “have gone through what no human being should ever, ever endure.”
In conclusion, Jennifer once again urged people to “take action by voting,” saying, “The most important thing that we can do right now is just vote.”
