The Golden Globe nominee, 54, touched on several issues during the op-ed honoring her mother, who died last week at the age of 76.
“She died just hours before her peers at the Country Music Hall of Fame could demonstrate to her how much they esteem her.
I was supposed to visit her on Sunday, to give her a box of old-fashioned candy, our family tradition.
Ashley Judd cited statistics from the World Health Organization that approximately 800 women died each day in 2017 from complications with pregnancy and childbirth, People reported.
“Because my mother was stolen from me by the disease of mental illness, by the wounds she carried from a lifetime of injustices that started when she was a girl.
Naomi Judd was one-half of the singing duo, The Judds, performing with her daughter Wynonna Judd.
Between 1984 and 1991, the Judds scored 20 Top Ten hits — including 14 No.
She was an artist and a storyteller, but she had to fight like hell to overcome the hand she was dealt, to earn her place in history,” Ashley Judd wrote.
“This Mother’s Day, I choose to honor my mama for the person she was, a mother and so much more.
Naomi Judd FILE – In this June 10, 2010 file photo,country singer Naomi Judd performs during the opening of the CMA Music Festival at the Riverfront stage in Nashville, Tenn.
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