If Hollywood Is So Liberal, Why Did Movies and Shows Like ‘Dirty Dancing,’ ‘Party of Five’ and ‘Sex and the City’ Portray Abortion as Dangerous and Shameful?

On Nov. 14, 1972, Maude Findlay, a 47-year-old woman living in suburban New York with her fourth husband found herself unexpectedly pregnant. It was a year before Roe vs. Wade was passed, and like many women in America, Maude wasn’t interested in having another child and found herself weighing an abortion. The dilemma played out […]

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