Alyssa Milano came under fire this week after she called for women to go on a sex strike in protest of Georgia’s restrictive new abortion law, which will take effect next year.
The dubbed “heartbeat bill” will ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks.
Unsurprisingly, Alyssa received mixed reactions. But in an op-ed for CNN, she and Waleisah Wilson co-wrote a response.
“It got the country talking about the GOP’s undeniable war on women,” the actress wrote. “And let’s face it, with so much going on every day in the news, sometimes we need an extreme response to get national attention.”
“Our reproductive rights are blatantly and systematically being stripped away before our very eyes,” she continued. “The time for national engagement on this issue is long overdue. We must collectively reject these restrictions on our basic human rights and dignity in every way that we can.”