ABC’s ‘Scandal’ Set Abortion Scene To The Hymn ‘Silent Night’

Planned Parenthood and the conservative Media Research Council have both released statements about what happened on last night’s episode of ABC’s Scandal.

Well, Kerry Washington is the star-ette, and she plays a major Washington, D.C. fixer named Olivia Pope, styled after an actual person.

We never had a clue that Olivia was even pregnant and BAM, she was suddenly having an abortion. The moment followed a segment that showed Republican Senator Mellie Grant, Bellamy Young’s character, conducting a filibuster to prevent Planned Parenthood defunding.

The upcoming finale episodes of Scandal Season 5 Fall Finalewill surely bring everything to light as teasers have shown how Liv might take on the role of the first lady. “Tonight, the millions of people who tune into Scandal every Thursday night learned that our rights to reproductive health care are under attack”, Planed Parenthood Federation of American’s Cecile Richards said.

The statement continued: “We applaud Shonda Rhimes tonight – and every Thursday night – for proving that when women are telling our stories, the world will pause and watch”.

“Hollywood’s liberal values permeate movies and television”. Last night’s episode of ABC’s Scandal was pretty much an hour-long advertisement for Planned Parenthood.

As “Silent Night” played (the Christmas season was in full swing in Thursday’s episode), Olivia’s procedure was depicted in a more detailed manner – stirrups and all – than is normally shown on network TV.

As each cast relates to bringing meaning to their lives and attaining their personal desires, more and more struggles are expected to be seen before the veil closes on them on the finale episodes.

While we may not have official statistics like they do in the United States of America, I know that millions of Nigerian women have had abortions. Kudos to showrunner Shonda Rhimes for giving viewers an affirming depiction of a woman who gets an abortion because it’s the right decision for her in that moment, without any fanfare or hackneyed drama.