An anti-abortion activist’s argument is that making it illegal will eliminate it. It’s more complicated than that ).. History has shown that pregnant women will continue to seek abortions and that if they are unable to do so safely, they will risk their lives. Have you ever seen Spring awakening ?? Or a little movie called Dirty Dancing?
While the romance and the dancing are often what people remember about the 1987 hit, the plot actually hinges on a botched back-alley abortion. The original dance partner for Johnny (Patrick Swayze) is Penny; Baby (Jennifer Grey) not only borrows money from her doctor father to pay for Penny’s abortion; she also enlists his help when Penny nearly dies from the procedure.
The film takes place in 1963, a decade before Roe v. Wade, and as Baby’s father, Dr. Houseman, says, the person who operated on Penny was “a butcher.” It’s a harrowing cautionary tale about what happens not only when abortion is illegal but also when men fail to take responsibility for their part in pregnancy. It couldn’t have come at a worse time.
With the overturn of Roe on the horizon, Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey–who is currently promoting her memoir, Out of