Emmy award-winning actress Patricia Heaton, best known for her roles on Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle, is also known for being one of the few openly pro-life people in Hollywood.
Recently, she tweeted out a seemingly-innocuous statement in support of a Washington D.C.-based pregnancy center. “Choose, celebrate, support Life!” she wrote.
Choose, celebrate, support Life! Thanks Northwest Center! https://t.co/EAC6gtrXpO
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) May 12, 2016
Perhaps unsurprisingly, many people were not happy with what she said. However, despite all the criticism, Heaton responded to her critics with class.
“How much $$$ do you personally donate to foster care/programs for pregnant women w no health care/homes/money?’” one woman asked. Heaton, who has been quite generous in her support of programs like that, wrote back, “Um, yesterday I gave $10k to @LADreamCenter for their Foster Care Intervention Program. I have a charitable fund.”
Another woman said, “I await her backing of fully-subsidized prenatal care, maternal leave and quality preschool. You know; support life.” Heaton engaged in conversation with her, telling her, “I think you might like #FeministsForNonViolentChoices @ffnvc and #FeministsForLife who support all this.” “I believe in supporting women in all ways,” the woman wrote back, “including making sure abortion stays legal and safe.” Heaton replied that “@Feminists4Life works to ensure women don’t have to choose between children & education/career etc,” and told the woman she was “Happy to meet/chat anytime.”
Hollywood can be a difficult place to hold onto your beliefs, especially when they are unpopular ones. We applaud Patricia Heaton for standing up for her values with grace and class.
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