Update to this story.

Via Daily Mail:

Lena Dunham has apologized and made a donation to an abortion charity after she found herself in hot water by saying she ‘wishes’ she’d had a termination.

The creator and star of HBO’s Girls made the controversial statement on last week’s episode of her podcast, Women of the Hour.

Describing the experiences of loved ones who had had abortions and a visit she made to Texas Planned Parenthood, she commended the ‘bravery’ and ‘self-knowledge’ of women who have had abortions, adding that she has realized her need to put her own stigma surrounding the issue ‘in the garbage.’

She concluded by saying: ‘Now I can say that I still haven’t had an abortion, but I wish I had.’

Her comments were widely condemned by women who had had terminations, who branded them ‘sickening’.

After initially remaining silent in the face of their criticism, she has now issued an apology on Instagram, and said she has made a ‘sizeable donation’ to Abortion Funds, which helps women pay for terminations.

She shared a picture of the the word ‘choice’ written in white chalk on a blackboard on the social networking site, together with a long apology for what she described as a ‘distasteful joke’.

‘My latest podcast episode was meant to tell a multifaceted story about reproductive choice in America, to explain the many reasons women do or don’t choose to have children and what bodily autonomy really means,’ she wrote.

‘I’m so proud of the medley of voices in the episode. I truly hope a distasteful joke on my part won’t diminish the amazing work of all the women who participated.’