How abortion on television has changed in the past 55 yearsJust how far have depictions of abortions on TV come? A unique database is here to display you.
The University of California San Francisco’s Advancing unique Standards in Reproductive Health research group’s Abortion Onscreen project seeks to study the cultural conversation around abortion. The latest addition to the effort is a database that tracks every abortion portrayed or discussed in American TV and film — including instances where a character revealed an abortion in their past.
Using that data,and supplementing it with the notable times that TV characters considered having an abortion but ultimately chose not to (which Abortion Onscreen doesn’t track), we can paint a vivid picture of how depictions of the procedure have changed. With that, and we’re also able to see how both American law and broader cultural attitudes have developed as well. Here’s how treatment of abortion on TV has grown and normalized in the 55 years since the issue first appeared on the small screen. Read more. (8/2/2017 4:30 PM)
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