Speaking about the abortion storylines of the 2010s, a media researcher remarks on how “divorced” Hollywood seemed from the “political reality” of the era.
On our shows, from Parenthood to Private Practice to Better Things, characters were freely exercising their right to choose, with support from sympathetic loved ones and reassuring medical professionals. Meanwhile, out in the real world, the rising Tea Party were passing a “tidal wave” of ever-tightening restrictions, turning those same scenes into increasingly inaccessible fantasies.
Hollywood Does Abortion
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