The Audacity of Scandal's Abortion Scene

[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the season five midseason finale, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," of ABC's Scandal.] In its fifth season ABC's Scandal gave diehard Gladiators everything they wanted: a presidential divorce that paved the way for

In the Season 5 winter finale of ABC's “Scandal,” the main character Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington, gets an abortion — all set to the religious hymn “Silent Night.” Thursday's episode entitled “Baby It's Cold Outside” 

[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the season five midseason finale, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," of ABC's Scandal.] In its fifth season ABC's Scandal gave diehard Gladiators everything they wanted: a presidential divorce that paved the way for

[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the season five midseason finale, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," of ABC's Scandal.] In its fifth season ABC's Scandal gave diehard Gladiators everything they wanted: a presidential divorce that paved the way for

Abortions have increasingly become a part of television plot lines. In recent years, teenagers on shows like Parenthood and Friday Night Lights have decided to terminate unexpected pregnancies. But what happened in Scandal's midseason finale (which