SNL features clown as abortion proponent

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Saturday Night Live wasn’t silent about abortion — the program made a clown show out of it.

The hosts discussed the Texas abortion heartbeat law during the “Weekend Update” segment, introducing a character named “Goober the clown.” Goober, played by SNL actress Cecily Strong, joined the segment because she “had an abortion when she was just 23.”

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