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Naya Rivera opens up about having an abortion during 'Glee'

Hoai-Tran Bui
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Rivera's upcoming memoir, ' Sorry Not Sorry,' details her struggles with anorexia and her decision to have an abortion early in her career.

Naya Rivera got her big break on Glee, but it was early during the show's run that she had to make one of the biggest decisions of her career.

In her upcoming memoir, Sorry Not Sorry, the 29-year-old actress reveals she had an abortion in late 2010. Rivera discovered she was pregnant a few weeks after breaking up with Ryan Dorsey, whom she later married and had a son with. Deciding to put her career first, Rivera told People that she terminated the pregnancy on her one day off from shooting Glee.

"It was very scary to open up about everything," Rivera told People. "It's not something a lot of people talk about, but I think they should. I know some people might read it and say, 'What the hell?' But I hope someone out there gets something out of it."

When the news received some backlash Tuesday, Rivera took to Twitter to address her decisions.

"I set out to write a book that was true to myself and would hopefully help others along the way," she said. She also noted in her interview with People that she wants other women to know they are not alone.

"I was so young and it just seemed to be the norm," Rivera said about her anorexia. "Everyone was going through similar stuff. I had no way of knowing if I was going through it worse. I was juggling my feelings and it makes me sad that there are girls still going through that 15 years after I went through it."

Sorry Not Sorry will be released Sept. 13.

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