'Please Like Me' actress posts about her abortion to support Planned Parenthood

Abortion can be difficult.

Even more difficult in the United States with the election of a president who's pro-life one minute and pro-choice the next.

Please Like Me actress and Australian export, Caitlin Stasey has taken to Instagram to recount her experience of having an abortion through reproductive healthcare provider, Planned Parenthood.

Stasey is one of a number of women and men on social media, moved to show support for the organisation, in the wake of a Trump election win. The president-elect has previously said Planned Parenthood helps millions of women, but he seeks to defund it.

Writing on her experience, the 26-year-old actress recalled being "terrified and alone in a city without my family or a partner to support me."

Stasey said she was lucky to have been in California at the time, "one of the remaining states that allows a woman to have agency over her own body."

With emphatic gratitude for the service, she went on to say "It was scary, it was sad, it was eye opening but above all it was made easy for me. I didn't have to fight any biased doctors or family members."

Planned Parenthood itself as asserted that it won't let a change in presidency close them down, stating matter of factly "These doors stay open."

According to Huffington Post, President Obama made a motion overnight to protect Planned Parenthood against state defunding. Politicians in 11 states have reportedly voted to block the public funding of the organisation.

The new rule is now subject to a 30-day public comment period.

[H/T Buzzfeed]