Here's How Depictions of Abortion in Movies and TV Shows Have Changed Over the Years

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Here's How Depictions of Abortion in Movies and TV Shows Have Changed Over the Years
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Sociologist Gretchen Sisson traces the history of abortions on screen back to the 1916 silent film Where Are My Children?, about a woman who has been rendered infertile after having multiple abortions.

is one example of a movie that sought to provide a realistic look at what it’s like to have an abortion by taking a medication versus undergoing a surgical procedure. It’s based on the writer Kelly O’Sullivan’s experience getting an abortion in her early 30s.

“I think there are probably still a lot of people out there who don’t know exactly what an abortion might entail,” Sullivan says. By featuring a character who gets an abortion by popping a pill, she wanted to make the movie so that “people who might want to seek abortions in the future don’t feel scared.”

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