Remy Ma: I'm Making A Fund For Women Who Can't Afford Pregnancy Procedures

Back in January, we learned that Remy Ma became pregnant with husband, Papoose, on VH1 reality show "Love & Hip Hop." The excitement that this brought to Remy, Pap, and their fans was unfortunately short-lived because the rapper soon suffered a miscarriage.  

This devastating ordeal was all on camera for the show. When many people wondered why Remy choose to tell this story to millions of people watching, Remy said that she that she wanted to help women who were going through the same thing she did in order for them to know that they're not alone. 

Remy posted on Instagram, "First, thank you to everyone that sent their congrats as well as condolences🙏🏽 This was a hard time for me & my husband & we thought long and hard before deciding to share this part of our lives with you all. I was totally against it but in a fit of crying @papoosepapoose said 'you are not the only one going thru this , we will get thru it' ...made me realize how many women like myself experience the same thing and don't have a strong partner by their side to say it will be alright."

She continued: "So I'm here to tell anyone going thru a similar situation that it is not over and God has the last say so Thank you to the staff at the hospital I was in; you all were super nice & respectful and did everything to ensure I was comfortable. And to Dr. Razmzan , who came to perform my surgery at 5am, who tried his best to leave me scarless and succeeded, who eased any fears I had- THANK YOU, & don't retire yet cuz once we find the right in vitro dr you have to deliver my babies."

When she had the miscarriage, Remy's doctor also informed her that she would never be able to naturally become pregnant because her fallopian tubes were damaged, which makes her eggs unable to travel to her uterus. One of the other ways she can have kids is through vitro fertilization (aka IVF). This procedure can cost up to $12,000. This money is nothing for Remy. But, this situation also made her think about women who can't afford IVF. 

So, while speaking to Essence, Remy revealed her plans to start a fund for women who can't afford the procedure. "It wasn’t until I publicly spoke about it that I realized how many women are in the same predicament as me where they actually can have children, they just need an assist from medical procedures and they can’t because they are not financially stable enough to do it," Remy told the publication.

The rapper continued: “It’s just weird to me that if you want to terminate a pregnancy, you could use your health insurance; however, if you wanted to conceive, health insurance doesn’t cover that. So I’m looking at all of these politicians that claim that they’re pro-life and they want to eradicate women having the choice to terminate their pregnancies, but if you’re pro-life, why would you not set up something so women who can’t conceive and women who want to be mothers can do so.” 

Shout out to Remy for helping women who want and need this medical care! Watch the video of her talking about her new organization and women's health coverage above. 


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