Planned Parenthood tweeted, “Thanks to @shondarhimes for standing with Planned Parenthood & for being groundbreaking creator!” Online declared the finale “left us speechless”.
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So Mellie filibustered a few help from Vice President Susan Ross (Artemis Pebdani), who stepped in to address the Senate.
But not everybody supports the episode.
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund released a statement late Thursday praising Rhimes – who sits on the board of directors at Planned Parenthood Los Angeles.
Perfectly enough, Papa Pope’s monologue calling family “a pressure point, soft tissue, an illness, an antidote to greatness”, is exactly what the pro-aborts think a pre-born baby is.
However, a few felt the show went too far. The scene ends with a shot of Pope’s face, eyes open.
Taking a few details from the previous episode, it seems that Rowan’s escape to freedom will be short-lived, because someone is desperate in having him silenced permanently; that someone is Liv’s loving partner, President Grant. She has an abortion smiling.
In a January 2014 interview with Time, Rhimes said the topic of abortions shouldn’t be ignored on the small screen.
There are so many things to watch out for the forthcoming finale scenes of Scandal Season 5 Fall Finale as each scene brings a different angle and plotlines.
“It’s so evenhanded”, he told Beers on the podcast, which was previewed on EW.com.
Shonda Rhimes is changing the narrative about abortion on primetime television.
Shows such as Sex and the City, Mad Men and Desperate Housewives have shown women contemplating abortion, but ultimately deciding not to have the procedure.
Rhimes has said she had wanted to take on the abortion arc in season one but instead opted to feature Cristina suffering from an ectopic pregnancy and losing the baby because the showrunner feared it was too early in the medical drama’s run to take on such a weighty subject.
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That makes sense at a time when women’s health issues are being debated in Congress and on the campaign trail.
