That Olivia Pope Abortion Scene Came Very Close To Getting Cut

The Supreme Court made its Roe v. Wade decision more than 40 years ago. But abortion is still heavily stigmatized. When a character on TV (or in a movie, or in a book) has an abortion, it's immediately newsworthy. Even though a lot of American women undergo abortions -- some people believe the figure could be as high as one in three -- it's a contentious topic, even for fictional characters. So when Scandal 's Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) had an abortion in the show's fifth-season winter final...