Danielle Brooks Opens Up About ‘Difficult’ Abortion for the First Time, Says Experience Made Her Realize She Wanted to Be a Mom https://t.co/y45cTawEpN
— People (@people) August 1, 2025
Danielle Brooks is opening up about how going through an abortion made her realize that she wanted to be a mom.
Brooks had to have an abortion after getting pregnant while on Accutane.
She went on to welcome her daughter Freeya in 2019.
“But if you know anything about Accutane, when you’re on Accutane, you’re not supposed to get pregnant. It’s a requirement. You actually have to sign something saying that you will have an abortion if you get pregnant. And I will never forget when I saw that pregnancy test, I broke down. And it wasn’t out of fear. I broke down because I realized I wanted to be a mom. And that an option was no longer on the table in this moment. And so the minute I saw that clear say ‘Pregnant,’ it hit me. I said, ‘I’m supposed to be a mother. I would like to be a mom,’ That’s how it all came about. So as soon as I went through that experience — it was really hard, very, very difficult to actually have an abortion. It was not what I wanted. But there was no way around it.”
