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COMICS: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Tackles Abortion |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 05:48 |
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In Dark Horse Comics' Season 9 issue #6 of Buffy The Vampire Slayer the titular heroine discovers she is pregnant, and isn't sure who the father is. After much soul searching and discussion with her friends, including the Vampire Spike, she decides to have an abortion..
Buffy creator and executive producer of the comic Joss Whedon says it had to be portrayed as a difficult decision for the character, and it had to be treated with respect on the creative side..
"It's not something we would ever take lightly, because you can't. You don't. It's not an easy thing for anyone..
Buffy was always about the arc of a life, and it wasn't ever going to be one of those shows where they were perpetually in high school and never asked why. It was about change. So there's never a time when Buffy's life isn't relevant."
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