Shonda Rhimes says ABC was uncomfortable with abortion storylines on her shows #shorts

Shonda Rhimes says ABC was uncomfortable with abortion storylines on her shows #shorts

Was there ever a time where the network did push back on one of the stories that you were writing for these women? Oh, wow. They pushed back on Olivia Pope having an abortion big time. And they didn’t push back when uh Christina So, here’s what’s interesting. I think when the first time Christina Yang becomes pregnant on the show, which I think is at the end of season one, near that place, that that was supposed to be Christina Yang getting an abortion. And the network didn’t tell me I couldn’t do it, but they did come to me with like all of their concerns and I got scared and so she had an ectopic pregnancy instead. Isn’t that interesting? And then when I was like when we were doing Olivia Pope, I knew what I was doing.

Shonda Rhimes says ABC was uncomfortable with abortion storylines on her shows

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