Buffy's choice: Joss Whedon gets politicalpublished Fri, Feb 10 2012 07:35 GMT
With Planned Parenthood controversy 'a hot button issue', Vampire Slayer torn over pregnancyVoices arguing for a woman's right to choose in America's anguished debate over abortion have discovered an unexpected ally: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.The new issue of the Buffy comics, published on Thursday in the US, sees the Chosen One taking some time off from staking vampires through the heart to deal with what publisher Dark Horse called "a rather personal problem". Season nine continues, after issue five's cliffhanger revelation that the Slayer was pregnant, with Buffy deciding what to do about the unwanted pregnancy – the result of a drunken night at a party. Eventually she decides to have an abortion."I want to do something. And I think ...
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