HOLLYWOOD, Feb 7, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Kate Mulgrew, star of “Star Trek: Voyager” is a recent recipient of the Feminists for Life (FFL) “Remarkable Pro-Life Women” award. Mulgrew told FFL she placed her daughter up for adoption after she had her at a young age, and was reunited with her only two years ago. “I practiced my belief at great cost to myself,” said Mulgrew. “Adoption or abortion almost always promises the mother a legacy of shame and regret, I have to be frank about my experience. I survived it. .. . women often don’t believe that they can survive nine months of pregnancy and place the child with an adoptive family. Life is not always easy. (but) Life is sacred to me on all levels . . . abortion does not compute with my philosophy.”
Featured in the Winter issue of The American Feminist, the honorees also included FFL honorary chair Patricia Heaton (“Everybody Loves Raymond”), who recently received an Emmy for Best Actress, and actress Margaret Colin (“Independence Day”).
With files from National Catholic Register and Zenit News
For more on the FFL awards see: https://www.feministsforlife.org/hot_topics/prolife2.htm