I haven't seen this show in a long time but when Murphy finds out she is pregnant did she debate whether she should have an abortion or not? Did she state her reasons for having the baby? I know she was very career oriented and did not like kids so it's kind of ironic that she did decide to have the baby.
shareI think she did although they never mentioned the word "abortion". But they made it clear that it wasn't an easy decision for her to have the baby. But she was over 40, so that was probably her last opportunity to become a mother.
shareThe word "abortion" was never mentioned, but Murphy did struggle with her decision and announced it was "HER CHOICE" to keep the baby.
shareI know she was very career oriented and did not like kids so it's kind of ironic that she did decide to have the baby.That just tells you the mindset of the writers. They were trying to make a point, to sort of butt heads with the conservatives to her in power at the time. But most likely if Murphy Brown had been a real woman, she would've never allowed herself to get in that position in the first place. And if she did, she probably would've given the kid up for adoption. Because as you say, she didn't like kids. So it was very out of character for her to keep the baby.
No. They didn't do it just to make a point about single mothers and out of wedlock births. No one had a clue how that storyline would blow up. It was just supposed to be about a woman in her 40s having a child. Dan Quayle, the idiot, is the one who sent THAT through the roof.
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No. They didn't do it just to make a point about single mothers and out of wedlock births. No one had a clue how that storyline would blow up. It was just supposed to be about a woman in her 40s having a child.But as I've said in another post – it seemed way out of character for her. Murphy Brown seem like the type that would be too smart to do something that was unintentional, like that. Plus, she wasn't the type that wanted kids. So there's that…
I don't think she ever stated explicitly she didn't want kids. She even tried to get pregnant as early as season 1 when she felt the biological clock pressure.
shareI haven't seen the show in years--since its original run--so I'm doing this from memory.
Plus, in real life, she probably would've been too smart to ever let herself get into that predicament. She certainly seems like a smart character. So the direction the writers to occur was completely wrong – and they did it for selfish ends to make a point about single mothers and out of wedlock births, but it didn't align with her character at all.The thing is, ANY woman [in childbearing years], regardless of her intelligence, or lack thereof, can become pregnant unexpectedly. The ONLY form of birth control that's 100% effective is abstinence! Anything else, from the pill to condoms to tubal ligation to vasectomies, can result in an unplanned pregnancy. If the writers were trying to send a message with Murphy's pregnancy, this would certainly be at least one of them.
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I don't know if she ever said the word abortion, but the word "choice" is said and emphasized. And Eldons reaction, "this is a very good thing you're doong" was meant to also highlight the fact she chose it.
Murphy had impulse control problems. She was a recovering alcoholic and smoker. Is it really a stretch to think she might have done the deed without a condom? She could be reckless. For someone who didn't like kids, she seemed to have a soft spot when they were around.
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They did that bc the networks (I think this aired on CBS) was super squeamish about protests. CBS lost it's backbone since Maude--when a sitcom character was considering abortion incidentally in 1972 when it was still illegal in most of the USA.
Murphy has access to many more resources. So the networks were purely doing this to avoid protests. I don't think they understood what would happen when Maude aired. That and Norman Lear just did not care!