Too few TV characters have abortions, Washington Post columnist laments

Published February 23, 2021 8:40pm ET



Too few female television and movie characters get abortions, in the opinion of Washington Post contributing columnist Kate Cohen.

“Dammit!” Cohen swore in a recent column, angry about the plotline of the Netflix show Atypical. “I was hoping that the young, professional woman, upon learning she was pregnant right after her jerky boyfriend left her, might decide to have an abortion. Instead, it turns out, she doesn’t even consider it.”

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