"Private Practice" abortion episode
Thursday December 4, 2008
Categories: Entertainment, Social Issues
I thought they did a very good job handling abortion on "Private Practice" last night. Usually on TV shows the pro-life position is written as a straw man that can easily be knocked down but the "Private Practice" writers looked...
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I watched that epsiode of Private Practice, (watch it every week!) and thought they handled it well. Both points of view, woman's right to choose and the feelings on the other side were pertrayed well. Being pro-choice I too was pleased they left religion out of it.
I haven't seen the episode and can't get the clip to work ... however I'd just offer, if it isn't already obvious, that Natural Law is foundational. These sorts of remarks - "didn't bring in the religious aspect at all ... she's Catholic ... (only one mention of God in passing)" - may be said in the same breath without shame. Like, we could have written Esther!
I was very impressed with how Private Practice handled the issue, also. I was especially impressed with the complexity of Dell's reaction and the fact that Naomi, while not wanting him to go to "the other side," recognized that he didn't have the best reasons for being against abortion. The show pointed out that guilt isn't a great reason. Naomi was a great example, I believe, for doctors with moral problems with abortion. While she shouldn't have to perform one herself, she does acknowledge that it is a medical procedure.
Also, I just have to say that I loved when Addison told the guys, "everyone without a vagina, leave the room, now." Very amusing.
"I just have to say that I loved when Addison told the guys, "everyone without a vagina, leave the room, now.""
I thought it was condescending, men have a right to be a part of the discussion because they are part of the problem.
I know of many women who have been pressured to have their babies aborted by their boyfriends -- as Dell demonstrated.
crystal m: And your point???
Shame, Moonshadow, over those statements you mentioned? That would be why?
It was a stupid episode. Fertility doctors fertilize eggs, use some of the embryos, toss others aside, put some in freezers, implant a dozen into a woman -- knowing that most will die, and if more than one implants, they usually perform "selective reduction." The pro-life chanting fertility doctor was riddled with hypocrisy.
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