Illegal abortion on "Dirty Dancing" for young women to remember

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“When I made the movie in 1987, about 1963, I put in the illegal abortion and everyone said, ‘Why? There was Roe v. Wade ― what are you doing this for?’ I said, ‘Well, I don’t know that we will always have Roe v. Wade,’ and I got a lot of pushback on that,” Bergstein told Broadly. “Worse than that, there were also very young women then who didn’t remember a time before Roe v. Wade, so for them I was like Susan B. Anthony, saying, ‘Oh, just remember, remember, remember.’”

And Bergstein made sure not to sugarcoat the scene, hoping that it would serve as a reminder to young women to not take their right to chose for granted ― something that rings true 30 years later, during a time when abortion restrictions are on the rise and women’s health clinics are closing at record numbers.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dirty-dancing-writer-on-why-she-integrated-illegal-abortion-into-a-love-story_us_59a81364e4b010ca289ab177?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009