Storylines about abortion and conversations about it showed up on television 65 times this year, on prestigious dramas like The Pitt and Call the Midwife , on reality shows such as W.A.G.s to Riches and Love is Blind and on lowbrow animated comedies like Family Guy and South Park . That's about the same as last year. In 2024, TV shows featured 66 such plotlines .

But in the past few years, there's been a significant drop in the number of characters who actually went through with an abortion. 37% obtained an abortion in 2025, a 14% decline since 2023.

That's according to the annual Abortion Onscreen report . It comes from Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, a research program on abortion and reproductive health based at the University of California San Francisc

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