“I was four and a half months pregnant and shooting on location in Eastern Europe,” the actress, 43, wrote on Instagram on Tuesday, May 14. “I went into pre term labor and [was] told that I had to be awake for the whole procedure. It was one of the most horrific experiences I have ever gone through. I still have nightmares about it. I was alone and helpless.”
She added: “I spiraled into one of the worst depressions of my life and had to work extremely hard to find my way out. I took time off of my career.”
Milla Jovovich of ‘Paradise Hills’ attends The IMDb Studio at Acura Festival Village on location at The 2019 Sundance Film Festival – Day 2 on January 26, 2019 in Park City, Utah.Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb
The Resident Evil star, who shares daughters Ever, 11, and Dashiel, 4, with her husband, Paul W. S. Anderson, went on to say she “isolated” herself for months and “had to keep a strong face” for her children after her abortion. She turned to “gardening, eating healthier and going to the gym every day” to help battle her emotions.
“Thank God I was able to find my way out of that personal hell without turning to medication, but the memory of what I went through and what I lost will be with me till the day I die,” Jovovich continued. “Abortion is a nightmare at its best. No woman wants to go through that. But we have to fight to make sure our rights are preserved to obtain a safe one if we need to. I never wanted to speak about this experience. But I cannot remain silent when so much is at stake.”
The model posted this long Instagram caption alongside a serious selfie in response to the six-week abortion ban passed by Georgia, Ohio, Mississippi, Kentucky, Iowa and North Dakota.
