Charmed actress Alyssa Milano calls for women to hold sex strike to protest abortion laws
Actress Alyssa Milano has called on women to join her in a SEX STRIKE to protest strict abortion bans passed by Republican-controlled lawmakers.
The Charmed star, 46, urged women in her tweet to stop having sex “until we get bodily autonomy back” causing a heated debate online.
Her tweet came days after Georgia became the fourth state in the US this year to ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant.
Milano hit out at the hardline legislation, saying: “We need to understand how dire the situation is across the country.
“It’s reminding people that we have control over our own bodies and how we use them.”
She noted that women have historically withheld sex to protest or advocate for political reform.
The actress cited how Iroquois women refused to romp in the 1600s as a way to stop unregulated warfare.
Most recently, she noted that Liberian women used a sex strike in 2003 to demand an end to a long-running civil war.
Milano received support from fans and fellow actress Bette Midler joined her in also calling for a sex strike with her own tweet.
But both liberals and conservatives also lampooned her idea, with conservatives praising her for promoting abstinence and liberals saying she was pushing a false narrative that women only have sex as a favour to men.
‘PROTECT YOUR VAGINAS’
Milano said the criticism didn’t bother her and that her tweet was having her desired effect, “which is getting people to talk about the war on women.”
She said she fears one of the laws could eventually be decided by the conservative-leaning US Supreme Court, which Republicans hope will overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalising abortion.
“That is absolutely horrifying to me,” Milano said. “Anyone who is not completely and totally outraged by this and doesn’t see where this is leading, I think is not taking this threat seriously.”
The New York-born star said people have to determine for themselves how long the sex strike should last.
For her part, she hasn’t decided yet how long she will forgo sex.
“I mean I don’t know,” she said. “I sent a tweet last night I haven’t really thought much past that this morning.”
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