Ashley Judd honored her late mother, country icon Naomi Judd
Naomi Judd died by suicide last week after a longtime struggle with anxiety and depression.
actress and political activist Ashley Judd described the feeling of being “umoored” by her mother’s unexpected death
“an unintended pregnancy at age 17” which “led her down a road familiar to so many adolescent mothers
Ashley Judd related her mother’s experiences to maternal health issues throughout the world,
touching on the high maternal death rates in the United States
particularly among Black women, and the prevalence of obstetric fistulas in South Sudan.
“Motherhood should always be a choice,”
“Does that sound radical to you?”
“This Mother’s Day, I choose to honor my mama for the person she was, a mother and so much more,”