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How comedy is speaking up about abortion
It remains a contentious and emotive issue – but, despite opposition, comedians are determined to break taboos and speak their minds, writes Alice Jones.

By Alice Jones
22 August 2019

Comedy has a long and noble history of busting taboos but is every subject fair game for humour or are some too serious to joke about? What about abortion, for example?

In 2019, it remains a contentious and emotive issue: a YouGov-Cambridge Globalism survey in May found that 46 per cent of US citizens thought abortion was unacceptable (in the same poll, only 17% of British people said abortion was unacceptable). Beliefs aside, it has the potential to be a traumatic topic for some who have undergone the procedure.

Continued: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190821-how-comedy-is-speaking-up-about-abortion

Mothers who have abortions: what to do with TV’s third rail?
Most women who terminate a pregnancy are already mothers – but we rarely see that on screen. Australian comedy The Letdown is the latest show to tackle the taboo

Lauren Carroll Harris
Tue 11 Jun 2019

“We got a beautiful email from a viewer last week,” says Sarah Scheller, co-creator of the ABC’s The Letdown. “It said, ‘That was my scenario. I can’t believe I just saw it on screen.’”

Women who have abortions are only just now beginning to see themselves depicted on screens, but for a certain subgroup – women who are already mothers when they decide to terminate – the taboo is stronger than ever.

Continued: https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/12/mothers-who-have-abortions-what-to-do-with-tvs-third-rail