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Reproductive Health

Getting Started

Much of the work in SBCC centers on reproductive rights and the ability to make choices when planning families. This issue is strongly intertwined with women’s and girl’s rights, education and cultural norms. Serialized shows have shown to have an enormous impact on how we think about reproductive rights; in this section you can find ample evidence and guidance on how to create media for a better future.

December 21, 2023

Abortion Onscreen in 2023

Over the last five years, we’ve seen a yearly increase in depictions of abortion onscreen, and this year marks a departure from that trend. In 2022, we tracked 60 abortion plotlines, and this year, that is down to 49.

March 20, 2023

Writing About Paid Family & Medical Leave Reader

U.S. workers go it alone–we have no guaranteed paid leave for per- sonal health and family caregiving needs. Every year, tens of millions of working people in the U.S. wel- come a new child, face serious in- jury…

March 20, 2023

Writing About Abortion

This reader attempts to synthesize the historical to present-day context, barriers, power dynamics, necessary entertainment framing, language, and intersectional perspectives concerning reproductive rights in the United States.