The 76-year-old was with Sonny Bono when she suffered her first pregnancy loss.
Cher recently got personal about her miscarriages and her struggles with pregnancy. The iconic singer said she was just 18 years old when she suffered her first miscarriage. "I was alone in our house," tweeted Cher, now 76. "[Sonny Bono] came home & I was sobbing, & rocking on our floor." "When I got 2 dr I was screaming in pain. Couldn't even stop in elevator," she continued. "Dr sent me straight 2 hospital, & in2 operating rm. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN 2 ME TODAY😭"
The musician is sharing her story amid the fallout of the Supreme Court's historic overturning of Roe v. Wade. The "Believe" singer also said: WHEN I HEARD ROE V WADE WAS REPEALED,I COULDN’T CONTAIN MY ANGER .Still Angry,Sad Afraid 4 WOMEN OF (American Flag).I Did Film About Abortion.I Studied,Talked 2 Family’s Of Dr.s,& Nurses Killed, Women Who Were Beaten,& clinics Bombed.
Cher opens up about her heartbreaking experience with pregnancy loss amid Roe v Wade decision https://t.co/bI86ZCc8CE
— Etalk (@etalkCTV) July 19, 2022
Cher found fame in 1965 alongside then-husband Sonny Bono with the duet "I Got You, Babe," reports PEOPLE. They also had a CBS variety show The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, which ran until 1974. She married Sonny in 1963 and went on to welcome Chaz Bono with Sonny (who died in 1998 at age 62). The couple decided to part ways in 1975. She had her second child Elijah Blue Allman, with her second husband Gregg Allman, who died in 2017 at age 69.
And the beat still goes on … Sonny & Cher on the cover of TV Guide this week in 1973. #Cher #TBT pic.twitter.com/CJzi7Udq8S
— Dustin Fitzharris (@TheDustinFitz) July 14, 2022
Back in 2010, Cher spoke about her multiple pregnancy losses in an interview with Parade. "I lost four kids before Chaz. It's a spontaneous miscarriage, something that spontaneously aborts the fetus. It's called an angry uterus. It took a long time for someone to tell me that that's what it was. It just starts to contract, for no reason. After the third time, it got to be a nightmare. People would be congratulating me because I was pregnant, and then I wouldn't be, and then they would be like, 'Oh, we're so sorry.' I thought, 'God, I don't want to have to hear this anymore.' "
Cher is using social media to strongly criticize SCOTUS' decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. In one tweet, she wrote, "WOMEN ARE SUFFERING & WILL EITHER BLEED OUT,WHILE DRS LOOK ON,OR BE SENT HOME TILL THEIR COMPLICATIONS ARE BRINGING THEM CLOSE TO⚰️."
"IF SENATE & CONGRESS GO TO REPUBLICANS ... THERE WILL BE NO ABORTIONS, OR PRE NATAL CARE IN [the U.S.]," she said in another tweet. "WOMEN WILL BLEED OUT,& DIE,WHILE SOME GROUPOF OLD WHITE REPUBLICAN 'MEN' DECIDE WHAT MEDICAL TREATMENT U DESERVE."
References:
https://parade.com/40362/dotsonrader/1112-cher-extras/
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