If Hollywood Is So Liberal, Why Did Movies and Shows Like ‘Dirty Dancing,’ ‘Party of Five’ and ‘Sex and the City’ Portray Abortion as Dangerous and Shameful?

By Brent Lang

Brent Lang

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On Nov. 14, 1972, Maude Findlay, a 47-year-old woman living in suburban New York with her fourth husband found herself unexpectedly pregnant. It was a year before Roe vs. Wade was passed, and like many women in America, Maude wasn’t interested in having another child and found herself weighing an abortion. The dilemma played out over a two-episode arc of “Maude,” a hit CBS sitcom that was produced by Norman Lear, who was no stranger to taking on hot button issues in the “All in the Family” media empire he had built. But even Lear struggled to get this story on the air.

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