Last night's episode of Ugly Betty had Hilda and Betty in pregnancy scares, which left me to wonder, would Betty Suarez ever get the Big A? I think she would. But ABC would never have the balls to send Betty to Planned Parenthood. It's just not funny. Which leads me to this post's thesis: lots of laughs can come from pregnancy, not so much from abortion.
With movies like Knocked Up and Juno, Americans have become used to accidental baby shenanigans but early termination, on the other hand, just doesn't crack us up. So Betty's producers impregnated Hilda instead. They've already dumped dimply Archie and replaced him with baby-daddy DILF Bobby, so you know that embryo ain't getting the vacuum hose anytime soon.
Personally, I am pro-choice. And pro-funny. South Park is probably the only series that will go there (i.e. Christopher Reeves sucking the spinal fluid out of aborted fetuses for their stem cells), but as long as mainstream America keeps a scarlet letter on the topic, women's rights will always come second to social norms.
