It's A Pizza The Moment You Put It In the Oven: Seinfeld, Abortion, and Meta-ethics by Kenneth Wagner

This article by Kenneth Wagner was recently added to the Picturing Justice site:

 

"In recent decades, television programming has been handling topics that were at one time almost unthinkable. Shows have dealt with issue such as racism, homophobia, same sex marriage, and interracial relationships. One topic that seems off limits however, is that of abortion. As Rachel Fudge points out in an article in Clamor magazine: 'As many commentators have pointed out, as all of the old you-can't-do-that-on-television taboos - sexual content, violence, cursing, nudity, homosexuality - have fallen away, abortion is the one hot-button issue that simply remains too hot for TV.'" Full article

[Picturing Justice, the Online Journal of Law and Popular Culture, was founded by USF law professor John Denvir and USF law alumnus Rob Waring. Its contributors explore the portrayal of law, lawyers, and legal issues in film (in the Silver Screen section) and on television (in the Small Screen section).]