Abortion access is limited. Is Hollywood to blame?

Have our favorite shows and movies shaped the way we think about abortion? Hollywood has a huge impact of how we understand abortion.

It can drive a plot, like in Dirty Dancing, or inspire conversations about who gets abortions, like in the television series Maude. It can also be dramatized – turning a common medical procedure into something good, bad, or anything in between, depending on who is telling the story and how.

Brittany Luse chats with Janet Goldwater , a director of the documentary Hollywood Does Abortion , and Steph Herold at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) to understand how Hollywood handles, or mishandles the topic of abortion. See pcm. for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

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