Every now and again, popular television gets something right. And when it does, it deserves applause.
I’m writing of the latest episode of Downton Abbey, which saw Lady Edith Crawley (played by Laura Carmichael) walk straightway out of a back-alley abortion clinic and choose life for her unborn child.
For those of you who are not Downton devotees (don’t worry, I’m actually one of you), let me try to set the stage.
Edith is the middle daughter of Lord and Lady Grantham of Downton Abbey.
Seemingly unlucky in life and in love, Edith, who authors a newspaper column, has fallen for her editor, Michael Gregson (played by Charles Edwards). A night together leads to an unplanned pregnancy, and Edith is faced not only with the prospect of an out-of-wedlock pregnancy (in the 1920s, no less) but also with the reality of Michael’s disappearance. She decides to have an abortion.
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