A homophobic doctor/researcher is looking for gay gene so parents can terminate pregnancies if gene is detected in fetus. Pregnant woman undergoes research, not knowing the intent, her gay brother-in-law finds out about the study and plants bomb, killing doctor and injuring sister in law who ends up in a coma. Husband of pregnant women in coma decides to abort his baby because it has gay gene. Gay brother in law confesses to bomb, to prevent his gay ne
phew from being aborted. Wow.
Abortion on TV: Law & Order
January 30, 2009 by aspenbaker
Count on Law and Order to provide a nuanced look at contentious social issues.
I just found your blog today. I’m a bit wary — that’s one thing the abortion war does to us, make people who should be allies less likely to trust each other — but I will definitely keep reading.
[...] Galactica." Sometimes they get to be injured or silenced dramatically, such as the woman in a coma whose husband tries to abort her pregnancy when he learns that the baby might be gay… They get to be undeveloped characters who exist mainly so that male doctors can wring their hands [...]
I’m watching this episode right now, and I don’t see the doctor portrayed as homophobic. He’s simply involved in trying to find a gay gene which proves that homosexuality is hardwired into the body…not a matter of choice. What’s homophobic about that?
Whoops. My first response was in answer to your first sentence. Let me continue after reading the rest of your post.
>>Pregnant woman undergoes research, not knowing the intent, her gay brother-in-law finds out about the study and plants bomb, killing doctor and injuring sister in law who ends up in a coma.
The doctor in question was neither injured nor killed. Only the woman was hurt.
>>Husband of pregnant women in coma decides to abort his baby because it has gay gene. Gay brother in law confesses to bomb, to prevent his gay nephew from being aborted. Wow.
The rest is correct!