Angelina Jolie Had Her Ovaries Removed

"I feel feminine, and grounded in the choices I am making for myself and my family"Angelina Jolie said Tuesday that she underwent preventative surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes, two years after she sparked a debate on women’s health by getting a preventative double mastectomy.

Writing in the New York Times, the Hollywood actress and U.N. envoy said her decision, made because she carries a mutation in the BRAC1 gene that gave her a 50% risk of developing ovarian cancer, was not an easy one.