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Grey's Anatomy: The Evolving Approach to Choice
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
April 11, 2012 - 10:36pm (Print)
After praising the writers for an episode in which one of the main characters a chooses to terminate an unintended pregnancy, I was a little disappointed with the ongoing storyline in which her marriage is now in trouble and her husband blames her for "killing my baby." But in the bigger picture, even this can make sense.
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A Long Way from “The Very Special Episode,” A Main Character Has an Abortion on Prime Time Television
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
September 26, 2011 - 4:42pm (Print)
In the season premier of Grey's Anatomy, a main character has an abortion because she does not want to become a mother. This is good news for reproductive rights when we think of television as both a reflection of current attitudes and means of moving them forward.
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Private Practice and Public Laws: The Patronizing Lectures that Television Depicts and Texas Now Requires
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 23, 2011 - 3:23pm (Print)
How a scene from a popular television show and a new law in Texas patronize women who seek abortions.
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Goodbye To The Only Midwife on TV
by Bianca I. Laureano, LatinoSexuality.com
May 21, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
One of the midwives on public television is gone. Instead of rolling my eyes at writers' poor choice of plot development, I'd like to hear from the community what other accessible television and video represents midwives.
