Reality star announces she had two abortions

Olivia Plath, who stars on the reality show "Welcome to Plathville," announced on Instagram that she has had two abortions.

Key Takeaways:

• Olivia Plath is one of the stars of "Welcome to Plathville," which appears on Disney+ and Hulu, and follows the Georgia-based Plath family.

• She spoke about the recent Supreme Court decision regarding mifepristone in an Instagram video, and revealed she has had two abortions by pill.

• Plath urged her followers to attend an upcoming pro-abortion fundraiser in the Washington, D.C. area.

The Details:

In a video posted to Instagram, Plath told followers to join her at the My Body, My Festival in Washington, D.C., on May 28, which raised money for the D.C. Abortion Fund. She said the festival was personally important for her, and pointed to the recent Supreme Court decision allowing mifepristone, better known as the abortion pill, to be dispensed through the mail. Plath pointed to her own mother's life as her reason for having the abortions:

The future of mifepristone being used in abortion care here in the U.S. is very uncertain. Why does this matter to me? Well, one, I believe that health care is a human right. And two, I believe that women deserve to have the same autonomy over their bodies as men receive in health care. This is probably also a good time to mention something that I've not talked about a lot very publicly, but I've actually had two abortions. And for each of those, I took mifepristone. My mom didn't have the support that I have to decide whether or not she wanted to be a parent or to have any kids. She was from a different generation, and she lived in a pretty religious-controlling world. And I knew from the time I was a child that my mom had more kids than she wanted or felt that she was able to take care of. That just showed. I'm really thankful for therapy now. And I always told myself I was never going to repeat that life. I am so thankful that I had the options that she didn't. I think every woman — I don't even think, I know that every woman deserves that. Having an abortion is a decision I have never regretted, truly. I knew I was not ready to be a parent. I never should have had kids with that person.

Why It Matters:

Though Plath bemoans the possibility that mifepristone may not be sent through the mail any longer, it is a long-overdue development. Safety regulations surrounding abortion have been drastically weakened in recent years, putting women's lives at risk.

When first approved by the FDA in 2000, mifepristone could only be taken up to seven weeks, required an in-person doctor's visit, and adverse events also had to be reported. Over time, mifepristone was approved through 10 weeks gestation, women no longer needed to see a doctor in-person, and non-fatal adverse events were no longer required to be reported. In 2021, under the guise of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration FDA temporarily enabled abortion pill distribution and expanded the REMS to limited mail-order pharmacy distribution. The FDA then further weakened the REMS by eliminating the in-person dispensing requirement and enabling the abortion pill to be permanently shipped by mail. Read the full timeline of the abortion pill in the U.S. here.

The EPPC released data in 2025 showing that the rate of serious adverse events is 22 times higher than what is reported by the FDA; it has since released more data showing that when mifepristone is taken without a doctor's oversight, the risk of complications, including ectopic pregnancy, increases.

In addition, abortion doesn't even the tally marks in health care between men and women. Legalized abortion allows women to determine whether another human being gets to live or die. Legalized abortion was built on the idea that if bad men could abandon their children, then women could kill them. Abortion has allowed for a “gender perspective” in which the mother can choose life or death for the baby while the father has no say at all.

This is not equality.

Not wanting to "repeat" her mother's life with nine children does not mean that Plath had to have abortions.

The Bottom Line:

Abortion is not health care, and women deserve better than to put their lives and health at risk for a lie that tells them they cannot have a happy or successful life with unexpected children.