{"id":209448,"date":"2019-08-29T08:54:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T13:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=209448"},"modified":"2019-09-01T18:30:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T23:30:37","slug":"13-reasons-moved-teen-suicide-teen-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/13-reasons-moved-teen-suicide-teen-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"’13 Reasons Why’ moves from promoting teen suicide to promoting teen abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Netflix drama “13 Reasons Why” has been the center of controversy since its very first season. The original plotline was criticized for glamorizing teen suicide, creating massive scandal, but the show runners seem to have taken that as a challenge. They’ve since moved on to graphic depictions of rape, and, in the most recent season, an episode features a teenage girl having an abortion.<\/p>\n

In June, “13 Reasons Why” actress Anne Winters announced<\/a> that the third season would feature an abortion storyline. Winters plays Chloe, a teenage cheerleader who was assaulted by her boyfriend, Bryce, in season two. In the season finale, it’s revealed that Chloe is pregnant. Winters originally hinted that Chloe would have an abortion. “I think abortion will be discussed for sure,” Newsbusters reported. \u201cI feel like Chloe would be the type to be like, \u2018Yeah, I\u2019ll get rid of it. I feel like Bryce would tell her that [she] need[s] to get rid of it, and so would his parents. … I\u2019ll get there and then be like, \u2018Oh my god, I can\u2019t do it. I can\u2019t do it.\u2019”<\/p>\n

But, when season three was released, it turned out that Chloe did, in fact, go through with the abortion. The episode included a scene in which Chloe had a conversation with Bryce’s mother, who told her he came from a long line of men who shouldn’t have been fathers. “My son is no different,” she told Chloe. “In fact, I think he may be worse.”<\/p>\n