Comedian, talk show host and author Chelsea Handler had two abortions in the same year at age 16, after becoming pregnant twice by the same boyfriend, she reveals in a new essay for Playboy celebrating abortion rights. "We all make mistakes all the time," she writes. "I happened to (expletive) up twice at the age of 16."

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The  U.S. Supreme Court's Monday ruling strikes down a Texas law curtailing who can perform abortions.

Although she initially pondered keeping her child when she became pregnant as a teenager, even thinking at the time, "Maybe I'll have twins and give them rhyming names!" she has no regrets.

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