Cecily Strong has announced that she’s expecting her first child with her partner, Jack.
The Saturday Night Live alum shared the exciting news in a lengthy Instagram post detailing her fertility struggles.
“A couple years ago I did a piece on SNL as Goober the Clown who had an abortion the day before her 23rd birthday,” Strong captioned her post.
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“I’m happy to report that same clown is now very happily pregnant from IVF at 40.”
She used the opportunity to highlight women’s reproductive rights, sharing that although it felt “insane and scary” to share her pregnancy journey, “it’s much scarier to think about what could happen after Tuesday’s election”.
Strong shared that she currently lives in a US state where she can receive the healthcare she may need, but ”we won’t be safe anywhere in the US if there is national ban like the one promised by Project 2025″.
“The Supreme Court has already decided it’s ok to let some of us die depending on our geography and the current Republican nominee brags about being responsible for that Supreme Court decision,” she added, referring to former US President Donald Trump.
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Strong reflected on the moments she’s found herself in clinic waiting rooms, detailing the times she felt “terrified and lonely,” the times she felt “frustrated and anxious” ahead of fertility appointments, and the times she was giddy and excited wishing everyone around her good luck.
“I’ve had a friend sit with me and give me the biggest hug after my abortion at 23, only for me to sit with her and give her the biggest hug 17 years later after a difficult pregnancy loss,” the actress wrote.
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“I had family and strangers reach out after Goober and tell me of their own experiences – some of whom had never shared with anyone before.
“I’ve seen so many women in these waiting rooms going through their own struggles and journeys with their reproductive health and family planning and bodily autonomy,” she added.
“Some look relieved. Some look excited. Some look fearful. Some look like they are carrying the deep sadness of prior losses and the even deeper hope of some good news finally.
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“But the one thing nobody in those rooms has ever looked is unable to make her own decisions.”
She then urged her followers to vote in the election, “to protect and uplift and support all of us that share or have shared those waiting rooms together.
“And for the future ones like the little miss thing I’m really really hopeful I’ll get to meet next spring.”
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