— yet ANSIRH’s report found just two on-screen abortion patients this year were Black women.
Despite 2021’s shortcomings to represent the full realities of getting abortions in the US right now, Sherman and Herold both agree on a plotline in HBO’sas their favorite abortion and pregnancy decision-making plotline this year. Marcus, the protagonist of this season, is a Black man who listens to and supports his Black friend who shares her abortion story with him and also discusses pregnancy options with his sexual partner, Becca.
For writers and others in the entertainment industry, Herold notes that listening to abortion storytellers can sometimes be as simple as listening to their co-workers. “There are a lot of people in Hollywood who work in the industry who’ve had abortions themselves,” she said. “You can bring those experiences to bear as you’re writing episodes or thinking about these plotlines. But I think it’s incumbent to also think about people whose experiences accessing abortion look different from yours.
“We’re getting to this point of moving away from the drama being around the abortion decision itself, to instead helping people understand abortion is a fact of life, and any stressors are usually due to trying to find a provider or support,” Sherman said. “It’s been cool to see more just disclosures of an abortion, a character who’s like, ‘I had an abortion,’ rather than the whole plot arc. It can just be a part of your character’s life — and that’s beautiful.
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