Editing Martha Plimpton (section)

==Political campaigns==
Plimpton is an [[abortion-rights movement|abortion-rights]] campaigner who has lobbied [[United States Congress|Congress]] on behalf of [[Planned Parenthood]] and is on the [[board of directors]] of the women's-rights organization "A Is For"; according to the organization's website, Plimpton has been politically active in abortion rights since her teenage years and speaks at campuses and rallies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aisfor.org/who-we-are/ |title=Board of Directors |publisher=A Is For... |access-date=February 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204101741/http://www.aisfor.org/who-we-are/ |archive-date=February 4, 2015}}</ref>  <!-- Plimpton also served as a surrogate for the 2012 [[Barack Obama|Obama]] reelection campaign, traveling the country to represent the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=237511373043078&l=c4febd5dea|title=Andy Bean|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> - one photo doesn't prove "traveling" or "representing a campaign" --> In 2014, Plimpton wrote a lengthy article decrying both [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] decisions in ''[[Burwell v. Hobby Lobby]]'' and ''[[McCullen v. Coakley]]'' and revealing in part that she herself has had an abortion more than once.<ref name="Freedom Whore">{{cite web |url=http://www.aisfor.org/freedom-whore-abortion-shame-and-the-right-to-deny-me-my-rights/ |title=Freedom Whore – Abortion, Shame, and The Right To Deny Me My Rights by Martha Plimpton |publisher=aisfor.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707035914/http://www.aisfor.org/freedom-whore-abortion-shame-and-the-right-to-deny-me-my-rights/ |archive-date=July 7, 2014}}</ref> She wrote that her purpose was "A) to contribute to the dismantling of an oppressive, artificial and unfair shaming of women who seek abortion care, B) make clear just how normal, common, and healthy a decision it is for the women who make it, and C) to encourage women who are part of this one third to be unashamed and come out of the abortion closet."<ref name="Freedom Whore"/> In September 2017, Plimpton created controversy when she again said she had multiple abortions and said one she received at Planned Parenthood in Seattle was her "best one".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/goonies-star-martha-plimpton-says-she-had-her-best-abortion-in-seattle/ |title='Goonies' star Martha Plimpton says she had her 'best abortion' in Seattle |website=[[Fox News]] |date=September 5, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref>

Plimpton has also advocated for [[LGBT rights in the United States|LGBT rights]] causes. In a [[Twitter]] post in March 2016, she stated that [[Transgender rights in the United States|transgender rights]] and abortion rights are linked.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joemygod.com/2016/04/01/catholic-league-targets-anti-catholic-bigot-real-oneals-star-martha-plimpton-our-goal-is-to-kill-the-show/ |title=Catholic League Targets "Anti-Catholic Bigot" Real O'Neals Star Martha Plimpton: ABC, Kill This Show |last=Jervis |first=Joe |website=Joe.My.God. |date=April 2016 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>