K-Lo – Yeah lots of folks have emailed me about the Six Feet Under thing. I consider HBO to be a bit different than normal TV. Why, just the other night I caught an episode of The Sopranos where Tony counselled a young stripper-prostitute to have an abortion. Of course, she was beaten to death by another mafioso by then end of the show, so his advice was moot.

But your raise the other aspect of all this. On dramas — as opposed to sitcoms — when on ocassion someone does have an abortion it’s always an agonizing decision. I’m sure this is very close to the reality as I would assume that the vast, vast majority of women who have abortions aren’t necessarily chipper about doing it. That said, you’d think feminists would be more furious about it. Because when the writers invest so much drama and morality into the decision and the act they of necessity inflate the controversial status of abortion. Culturally and politically that strengthens the hand of those who think the government at least has the right to regulate the issue, if not necessarily ban the practice. The safe, legal and rare crowd would be far more helped if, on occasion, TV could portray instances when an abortion is a no-brainer decision — and I mean circumstances other than those when an alien impregnates a woman so as to propagate his species and destroy humanity.