Are there anti-abortion themes?
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TV Show • 2017 Report
Yes
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TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
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there are but the people promoting said messages are obviously the bad guys and stupid
Movie • 2007 Report
Yes
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just_here_for_the_cake
Diablo Cody (the screenwriter) has stated that she wouldn’t have written the film today due to it potentially being construed as anti-abortion.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
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shaymin
owen supports cristina getting an abortion at first, and then has outbursts at her saying she killed their child, etc. the show itself doesnt really lean towards either way, but meredith doesnt like owen particularly because of that
TV Show • 2004 Report
Yes
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The episode "Fetal Position" has often been described as an anti-abortion piece. In the episode a pregnant woman and her unborn child are in critical condition and need a lifesaving operation. House is at first incredulous over the concept of saving the fetus, convinced that an abortion will be the only solution. However, after getting a look at the fetus while it is being operated on, he changes his mind and notably starts referring to the child as a baby in front of its mother (up to now he only used the term "fetus") and becomes optimistic about its chances of surviving to full term.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
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Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
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jdpamv
Literally the entire reason why this film was made was to spread anti-abortion propaganda.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
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Anonymous
Talk about abortion and what happens to the fetus during and then after (how the soul is received by demons in hell)
TV Show • 1997 Report
Yes
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SiRenfield
I forget which episode but I recall one that called abortion a selfish decision and “taking the easy way out”
Movie • 2011 Report
Yes
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lillpon
The infamous reply to "The fetus isn't good for Bella" (aka a pregnancy that is literally killing Bella) being "Say the word, Alice. Baby! It's just a little baby!"
Movie • 2006 Report
Yes
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elliotelephants
HEAVY pro-life campaigning and indoctrination of children with anti-abortion rhetoric
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
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DybbukR
the demon is extremely aggressive towards one of the characters for a past abortion.
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
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Trinity.am
This movie is inherent anti-abortion. The beginning of the movie has our protagonist, Becky, leaving home to get away from her parents and ex who want her to get an abortion. She almost goes through with the abortion but decides to give her baby up for adoptions instead. Becky and her ex had a sort of arch that brings them back together and she keeps the baby.
YouTube • 2020 Report
Yes
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akitoshinonome
possibly; yuno's only crime is her abortions, which could possibly be anti-abortion. whether that meaning having anti-abortion themes is intentional or not is unknown.
TV Show • 2015 Report
Yes
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No
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Memebird
Characters discuss abortions, and never end up having them. Most characters seem to be pro-choice.
Glenn doesn't believe in contraception or abortions, and this is discussed in a few episodes.
Glenn doesn't believe in contraception or abortions, and this is discussed in a few episodes.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
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The show itself seems to be pro-choice (a character is given an abortion pill and this is viewed as positive) but there is at least one character who becomes very Christian and I believe is anti-abortion
Movie • 2015 Report
Yes
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sbtuarry
tldr, the movie has people vote on who dies based on their perception of who's most worthy of life and at one point it seems to imply that adults with no children are next in line after crimimals and racists.. odd
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
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Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
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SiRenfield
One particularly infamous scene where Marilyn’s fetus begs not to be aborted in some rather gross guilt tripping
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
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Anonymous
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Abortion is referred to as shameful
Movie • 2007 Report
Yes
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KristenC
Mrs. Carmondy cites abortion as one of the ways humans have turned against God, and that the Mist is His punishment
Movie • 2016 Report
Yes
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Okayobi
It's not really a "theme" of the movie itself but a character mentions (in a flashback, after an abortion is had) they don't believe in abortion due to their religion
Movie • 2017 Report
Yes
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The movie and Ladybird’s stance is definitely pro-choice but you do see an anti-abortion assembly at a Catholic girl’s school which could be upsetting to viewers sensitive to anti-choice propaganda.
TV Show • 2005 Report
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In the episode "Charlie Wants An Abortion" the Gang talks about abortion, some being for it and some against it. The show itself doesn't really take a stance.
Mac mentions in a few episode how he thinks abortion is killing babies. Other characters vocally disagree with him.
Mac mentions in a few episode how he thinks abortion is killing babies. Other characters vocally disagree with him.
Movie • 1999 Report
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SiRenfield
I can’t speak for other episodes but the controversial episode Partial Terms of Endearment is at least somewhat pro-choice leaning, albeit there’s an extended sequence where an anti-abortion group tries to recruit Peter using a video that’s a satire of every common talking point against it
Movie • 1976 Report
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Metta
not necessarily a theme in the movie, but for plot-related reasons the main character refuses to let his wife get an abortion.
Movie • 2025 Report
Yes
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It’s unclear but there’s a scene during the baby shower where a woman talks about it and chants to keep the “baby”
TV Show • 2018 Report
Yes
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flowerclown
Abortion isn't explicitly said to be wrong, but a recurring theme is teen moms deciding to keep the child despite being pressured into abortion. It's always portrayed as a brave and positive decision.
Video Game • 2017 Report
Yes
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TheSpooniest
In the letters used by the game to describe its setting, we are told that one of the characters works at an unspecified "clinic", and her whole family has suffered condemnation from their religious friends because of that. It is also hinted that not everything about this clinic is what it seems.
The game is intended as a commentary on the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, and I really don't think it's actually trying to advance an anti-abortion agenda. But as part of making this commentary, it does present these themes, subtly in this game and more prominently later on. The lines can be blurry at times.
The game is intended as a commentary on the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, and I really don't think it's actually trying to advance an anti-abortion agenda. But as part of making this commentary, it does present these themes, subtly in this game and more prominently later on. The lines can be blurry at times.
Video Game • 2022 Report
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TheSpooniest
Although the game does not deliberately advance an anti-abortion agenda, it is styled after the Satanic Panic of the early 1980s. True to style, the main antagonist of the series runs a reproductive health clinic that is secretly a front (and source of sacrifices) for a Satanic death cult. This is presented as commentary on the themes, rather than promotion of them, but they're present nonetheless.