Planned Parenthood reacts to Britney Spears' claim that conservators won't let her remove IUD, calling it 'reproductive coercion'

• Britney Spears has been held under a conservatorship she says is abusive for 13 years.
• She asked the court to end the arrangement and also said she's been forced to keep her IUD in.
• The president of Planned Parenthood said a forced IUD would be a violation of Spears' reproductive rights.

Britney Spears spoke out against her 13-year conservatorship in a court hearing yesterday.

Per the rules of the conservatorship, Spears' estate and financial assets have been under the control of her father and a lawyer since she was believed to be incapable of making her own decisions. Those terms apply to some personal assets too - and Britney's reproductive rights.

In a 24-minute statement to a Los Angeles probate judge, Spears said that she was forced to get an IUD - a form of long-acting birth control - and she is not allowed to get it removed.

"I wanted to take the [IUD] out so I could start trying to have another baby," Spears said in the hearing. "But this so-called team won't let me go to the doctor to take it out because they don't want me to have children - any more children."

Reproductive rights advocates were quick to voice their support for Spears. Planned Parenthood Federation of America president and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson released a statement calling Spears' testimony "incredibly distressing."

"We stand in solidarity with Britney and all women who face reproductive coercion," McGill Johnson wrote. "Your reproductive health is your own - and no one should make decisions about it for you. Every person should have the ability to make their own decisions about their bodies and exercise bodily autonomy."

The Women's March also tweeted a statement of support for Spears, writing, "Everyone deserves to be able to make their own choices: for their bodies, for their health, for their lives. We support you, Britney, and all women escaping abusive and controlling situations."