Abortion has always been a touchy subject and one that continues to have the country divided, yet many believe that it’s every woman’s right to choose. This was the case for Naya Rivera who at 23 years of age–just as her career was taking off she became pregnant. The actress opens up about her abortion and battling with anorexia in her memoir, Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes and Growing Up, in stores September 13.
Rivera had an abortion in late 2010, just weeks after breaking up with her then boyfriend, Ryan Dorsey, whom she later wed in 2014 and is now the father of her son, Josey Dorsey. She terminated her pregnancy during a day off from filming an episode of Glee.
“It’s very scary to open up about everything,” said Rivera to People Magazine. “It’s not something a lot of people talk about, but I think they should. I know some people might read it and say, ‘What the hell?’ But I hope someone out there gets something out of it.”
In her memoir, she also reveals that she struggled with anorexia as a teen. “By the time I was a sophomore, I started feeling that what had begun as a game had maybe gone too far. I just avoided food at all costs,” she writes in her book. Writing her memoir made her understand about the seriousness of her eating disorder.
“I was so young and it just seemed to be the norm. Everyone was going through similar stuff,” she tells People. “I had no way of knowing if I was going through it worse. I was juggling my feelings and it makes me sad that there are girls still going through that 15 years after I went through it.”