Last week, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, signed a six-week abortion ban in the state, prompting widespread condemnation nationwide. Now, actress Jameela Jamil has taken to Twitter to reveal that she once had an abortion—and that she doesn’t regret it.

“I had an abortion when I was young, and it was the best decision I have ever made,” Jamil wrote on Twitter. “Both for me, and for the baby I didn’t want, and wasn’t ready for, emotionally, psychologically and financially. So many children will end up in foster homes. So many lives ruined. So very cruel,” she said of the bill, which is due to take effect in January 2020 but will likely be challenged in court.

“This anti-abortion law in Georgia is so upsetting, inhumane, and blatantly demonstrative of a hatred of women, a disregard for our rights, bodies, mental health, and essentially a punishment for rape victims, forcing to carry the baby of their rapist,” she wrote in the thread. Jamil also went on to make clear that she wasn’t criticizing foster care, but rather the burden the abortion ban would place on the overwhelmed foster care system. “Ps.. this isn’t any diss at ALL to foster homes. I’m in awe of people who take in children in need of a family and a home: but if Georgia becomes inundated with children who are unwanted or unable to be cared for, it will be hard to find great fostering for them all.”

As Glamour has reported, under the abortion ban—the most extreme abortion ban nationwide—women who get the procedure could face life in prison and even be sentenced to death. If a woman travels to another state to have an abortion, she could be charged with conspiracy to commit murder and could face a decade behind bars. In a follow-up tweet, Jamil wrote that “the anti-abortion law is also especially targeted at those without the means/ability to move state[s]. Women who are marginalized, poor or disabled will, as ever, be the ones to suffer the most. The wealthy will have so much more freedom.”

Other stars have been quick to come out against the bill. On her talk show, Busy Tonight, Busy Philips shared her own abortion story. “I had an abortion when I was 15-years-old. I’m telling you this because I’m genuinely really scared for women and girls all over this country,” Philips said. And activist and actress Alyssa Milano proposed a now-controversial sex strike to fight all anti-abortion laws.

“Our reproductive rights are being erased. Until women have legal control over our own bodies we just cannot risk pregnancy. JOIN ME by not having sex until we get bodily autonomy back. I’m calling for a #SexStrike. Pass it on,” she tweeted.

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