Amanda Seyfried Opens Up About Abortion Fight at Variety’s Power of Women Event: Safety of Women Is ‘Far Too Often Negotiable’

“What a week for women it’s been! F*ck!” That’s how Sarah Silverman kicked off her remarks at Variety’s Power of Women event in New York on Thursday, and several of the other presenters and honorees also addressed the news of The Supreme Court’s draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Silverman introduced her friend (and “Million Ways to Die in the West” co-star) Amanda Seyfried, who also passionately addressed the situation. “Women’s safety and security, as we have just been reminded, is far too often negotiable. And it’s not negotiable to me,” said the star of “The Dropout. “There’s no better moment, not just to celebrate the power of us women, but to use it. In these very desperate times where theocrats are diligently working to eradicate our most basic right, we need to be the unstoppable force that creates and sustains community and who make the future better than the present.” Seyfried, like all of the honorees, chose a charity close to her heart to spotlight at the awards: the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance (INARA), a nonprofit that provides refugee children with medical care and mental health support. She shared the story of a Syrian girl whose bones were shattered when

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