Are we making progress in depicting abortion on screen?
Bridgerton, and the latest documentary from filmmaker Deeyah Khan, they all share a common thread in their depiction and discussion of abortion. A study of the past 60 years of film and television shows how far we have come in stories that portray abortion, but also highlights the endurance of negative tropes that perpetuate misrepresentation and stigma. Decades of progress In the past five years, there have been nearly four times as many discussions of abortion on screen in the US than between 1996 and 2000, according to data from Abortion On Screen database managed by Advancing New Stan...
Source: newstatesman.com