Why are we still criticising women for sharing their fertility struggles?

Anne Hathaway revealed she suffered a miscarriage while playing a pregnant woman in 2015. The response proves taboos around womens’ health are still rife in 2024.

In a new Vanity Fair interview, actor Anne Hathaway candidly revealed she had suffered a miscarriage in 2015 whilst playing a pregnant woman.

The role, which was part of a one-woman stage performance, required Hathaway to ‘give birth on stage every night’ over the course of six weeks.

During the play’s run, Hathaway said she ‘pretended everything was fine’, but revealed what had happened to her friends when they visited her backstage.

The actor now has two sons with her husband Adam Shulman, but in a 2019 Instagram post, Hathaway also shared her past struggles with fertility.

‘It’s not for a movie. All kidding aside, for everyone going through infertility and conception hell, please know it was not a straight line to either of my pregnancies. Sending you extra love.’

Hathaway said her decision to share details of her fertility journey came from a desire to be open and honest with her audience.