Alyssa Milano has candidly detailed how she had two abortions just months apart while in her twenties after her birth control failed.

The actress, 46, revealed that when she fell pregnant twice in 1993 she decided it was the 'right choice' to have the procedures, as she didn't feel 'ready' to become a parent and her career was just taking off.

However she said the 'devastating' decision to get an abortion left her torn because she was raised Catholic and felt conflicted with her faith, but now feels that it was the correct decision for her to make.

Opening up: Alyssa Milano has candidly detailed how she had two abortions just months apart while in her twenties after her birth control failed

Speaking on her podcast Sorry not Sorry, she explained: 'In 1993, I had two abortions. I was in love for the first time, in the breathless way you can only be in love when you are young.'

The Charmed alum continued: 'It was huge … It filled every part of living. It was a joyful and exciting and powerful time in my life.'

Another part of her decision was due to the fact she was taking medicine Accutane, which can cause birth defects in pregnancies.

She said: 'I still got pregnant [despite using birth control]. It was devastating. I was raised Catholic and was suddenly put in conflict with my faith. … I had a career and a future and potential. And also, I suffered from sometimes crippling anxiety.

Not the right time: The actress, 46, revealed that when she fell pregnant twice in 1993 she decided it was the 'right choice' to have the procedures (pictured in 1998)

'I wasn't equipped to be a mother. I chose to have an abortion. I chose. It was my choice. And it was absolutely the right choice for me. It was not an easy choice. It was not something I wanted but it was something I needed – like most health care is.'

Alyssa - who is a mother to son Milo, seven, and daughter Elizabella, four, with husband David Bugliari - revealed she fell pregnant again later the same year after her birth control once again failed.

She said: 'A few months later I found out I was pregnant again. And once again I made the right decision to end the pregnancy.'

No regrets: Alyssa is a mother to son Milo, seven, and daughter Elizabella, four, with husband David Bugliari

Alyssa, who didn't divulge who her partner was at the time, said she has no regrets and her life would have been very different if she hadn't of had the abortions.

She said: 'I would not have my children — my beautiful, perfect, loving, kind and inquisitive children - who have a mother who was so very, very ready for them. I would not have my career.

I would not have the ability or platform I use to fight against oppression with all my heart … I would never have been free to be myself – and that's what this fight is all about: freedom.'

Standing strong: Alyssa, who didn't divulge who her partner was at the time, said she has no regrets and her life would have been very different if she hadn't of had the abortions

In May Alyssa called for all women to go on a 'sex strike' until the controversial anti-abortion law Georgia - which has now been passed - was repealed.

Alyssa told her vast social media following to abstain from sex until the restrictive abortion law - dubbed the 'heartbeat bill' - was overturned.

The heartbeat bill makes it illegal for women to have an abortion after a heartbeat has been detected in the womb - which is typically at the six week mark.

Milano, 46, who was instrumental in the #MeToo movement, called on her vast social media following to abstain from sex until the restrictive abortion law - dubbed the 'heartbeat bill' - is overturned

The actress hit out against the bill on Twitter, urging women to abstain until they have 'bodily autonomy back'.

She wrote: 'Our reproductive rights are being erased. Until women have legal control over our own bodies we just cannot risk pregnancy.'

'JOIN ME by not having sex until we get bodily autonomy back. I'm calling for a #SexStrike. Pass it on.'