It seems the only one to have a happy ending was the one who
decided to have thier baby,in the first she dies of an illegal
abortion perrformed by an un caring male house doctor and in the
third the abortion is perfromed by a caring female doctor and it
goes well only for the poor doctor to be shot and killed.That
doctor is played by Cher herself,was she sending us a message?
The condition of the house at the begining of each segment is the message. It represents the current status of women's reproductive rights.
In the first segment, it is drab and being repaired--representing the lack of acess to birth control, abortion etc which Claire currently has at her disposal. But the house has potential given time (or the future passage of laws). There is a handyman working on the house so it will get better.
In the second segment, this same house is bright and fully repaired. Roe v wade and rulings providing women access to reproductive health care have been handed down.
In the last segment, the house is again falling into disrepair (like in the 50's) these rulings are being dismantled. The house is no longer well-maintained and bright. People who grew up with them on the books do not necessarily realize we are backsliding into the past until they are gone. There is nobody working on the house in this segment.
Beautifully said, I also meant that with the two stories the
woman does have an abortion a person dies, like Demi from her
illegal abortion, or Cher from being shot by a pro-lifer, it
seems only Sissy who decides to have her baby has a happy ending.
And supposedly Cher had two abortions, is she regretful about
them? Just asking.
I don't know about that. The doctor character she played said people become doctors to not go back to the past. Maybe that was Cher's message.
share@Pioneer, that was beautifully explained.
@deannie I agree with you. The movie does seem to suggest that there may be something wrong with getting an abortion because both times a female dies however in Sissy's storyline nobody gets killed.
What would happen had Sissy had an abortion herself?
@deannie, I don't know what would have happened but it looks like the writers were anti abortion therefore another female probably would have died.
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I doubt a woman would die, I don't see how. But I'm not yet a writer.
Thank you for the answer though.
I don't think the writers were anti-abortion. When Demi dies in the first segment, her death is a direct result of her lack of options. Had the law permitted her to terminate her pregnancy, she would have lived. And in the third segment, Cher is murdered by not just pro-lifers, but insane pro-lifers. The film portrays Cher's character in a positive light, and Matthew Lillard's in a negative one.
shareThe writers and actors were pro-choice. THey were pointing out that a lack of legal and free options is what hurts women
Coercion is not choice.