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Don't Date, But Do SlutWalk

October 9, 2011 - 8:46pm (Print)

Samhita Mukhopadhyay explains why dating is ruining your love life. SlutWalk draws good people and bad coverage, and "Grey's Anatomy" portrays abortion both sympathetically and realistically.

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I’m Rooting for An Abortion This Friday Night

reader diary by Maya Dusenbery

July 9, 2010 - 12:31am (Print)

There’s sure to be an exciting football game in this week’s episode of Friday Night Lights, but it’s the outcome of Becky’s pregnancy, not the game, that I’ll be interested in tonight. And I'll be rooting for an abortion.

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Accidentally Dodging the Question?

by Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

September 24, 2009 - 7:46pm (Print)

I did find Accidentally on Purpose on CBS, the story of Billie, (Jenna Elfman) a movie critic who has a fling with the young, handsome, unstable Zach (Jon Foster). She quickly becomes pregnant.

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No Cop-Outs: 37 Years Ago, "Maude" Got the Abortion Experience Right

by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

May 5, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

You'd think that something that happens to over a million women a year would merit more than one on-screen portrayal since Maude terminated her pregnancy 37 years ago.

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TV Land: A World Without Choice

by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

April 29, 2009 - 9:10am (Print)

Abortion's absence from TV shows is hard to swallow when television has always been a medium for discussing social issues.

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