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Kerry Washington hopes that by talking about her abortion she can get rid of stigma (Picture: Getty)

Kerry Washington has revealed she had an abortion.

The 46-year-old star explained the pregnancy was ‘unplanned’ and occurred shortly after she starred in 2001’s Save the Last Dance.

Kerry, then in her 20s, fell pregnant after a ‘romantic encounter’ and because her career was taking off decided to give doctors a fake name.

The Hollywood star, who speaks about the abortion in depth in her new memoir Thicker Than Water, explained she ‘wants women to know they’re not alone when making difficult decisions about their bodies’.

Mum-of-three Kerry told People: ‘I struggled a lot in the beginning with whether or not to include my abortion story.’

She added: ‘At first I wasn’t really sure how it fit into this story of my life. But I started to feel like it was really important for me to share this.’

The 46-year-old star explained the pregnancy was ‘unplanned’ and occurred shortly after she starred in 2001’s Save the Last Dance (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock)

‘It’s just so important to me that abortion is not a bad word, and that my abortion is not another thing on the list of things that I’m ashamed of,’ the actress added.

Elsewhere in her memoir, Kerry revealed she contemplated suicide as she struggled to cope with her eating disorder in college.

Promoting the book’s release on Good Morning America, she said: ‘I was good at control. I could party all night and drink and smoke and have sex and still show up and have good grades.

‘I knew how to manage. I was so high functioning… And the food took me out.

The Hollywood star speaks about the abortion in depth in her new memoir Thicker Than Water (Picture: Instagram)

‘Like, the body dysmorphia, the body hatred, it was beyond my control and really led me to feeling like I need help from somebody and something bigger than me or I am in trouble, because I don’t know how to live with this.’

The Scandal star found herself not wanting ‘to be here’ because of the pain, and the situation ‘scared’ her.

Elsewhere in her memoir, Kerry revealed she contemplated suicide as she struggled to cope with her eating disorder in college (Picture: Instagram)

Asked if she contemplated suicide, she added: ‘Yeah. The behaviour was tiny, little acts of trying to destroy myself.’

Now, she is in a much ‘healthier’ position when it comes to her relationship with food, and she noted ‘there’s no suicidal ideation’.

She explained: ‘I mean, I wouldn’t say that I’d never act out with food. It’s just very different now. It’s not to the extreme. There’s no suicidal ideation. That is not where I am anymore.’

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