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How Is Olivia Portrayed In Silent Night
"Olivia Pope's Abortion Got 1 Minute Of Airtime - And That's All It Needed." On Scandal’s winter season finale, a powerful message is shown without any words. Main character, Olivia is seen entering a doctor’s office and then assisted by a female medical professional, undergoes a minimally invasive procedure and then continues with her life. While this scene is going on “Silent Night” is heard playing in the background. Viewers of the show never did know if Olivia was pregnant or not and the fact that this seen showed her on the operating table made it a groundbreaking moment. The topic of abortion is rarely dicussed in pop culture which lead to Planned Parenthood’s president Cecile Richards to send out a tweet stating “Thank you @shondrarhimes
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