Page 2 - Abortion Onscreen News Today

Netflixs movie "Blonde" has angered many, and researcher Steph Herold told Newsweek that the film contributes "to stigmatizing narratives about abortion."

This researcher interviewed dozens of writers, creators, and showrunners about abortion on screen. Here’s what she learned.

Abortion is common and safe, but you might not know it from watching TV or movies.

"Greys Anatomy" and "Scandal" depicted abortion in ways most TV shows hadnt before. Now, the showrunner is reflecting on how she got each storyline made.

"Seeing characters have abortions on television [or in film] may be the first time someone sees abortion as a personal issue, not just a political issue."

Other fictional depictions should take note.

Screenwriters have been quietly raising the alarm over a shift in access to abortions in the US, showing both the difficulties and the history that’s led us here

As states across the US see access to abortion restricted, three eerily similar films about teenage girls caught in an unfair system shine a necessary light