In her 'SNL' skit, Cecily Strong opened a dialogue on abortion. Here is what experts say

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Speaking as her character Goober the Clown, Cecily Strong shared a story of a woman seeking an abortion on the eve of her 23rd birthday.

In the show's Weekend Update segment, the actress explained the clown costume was to make the topic a little more palatable for the audience. She was introduced in light of a controversial Texas law currently being argued in the US Supreme Court.

CNN reached out to NBC to confirm if the performance was a telling of Strong's personal experience and has not heard back. There may have been a patient, lying in bed at home recovering from their procedure after a long day of being yelled at by protesters and waiting in a clinic, who turned on the show to relax, she said.

In fact, the Guttmacher Institute has consistently found that the majority of people who obtain an abortion have a religious affiliation. The most recent data from 2014 shows that only 38% of people who had an abortion reported no religious affiliation. The right to access abortion may be legally protected by Roe v. Wade, but since then states have enacted more than 1,300 abortion restrictions, Cross said.

What Strong described -- the experience of hearing other stories and feeling supported -- is one that not every patient gets, said Dr. Meera Shah, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic.

 

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