From 2001 to 'And Just Like That': the Complete Timeline of Abortion Plots in 'Sex and the City'
By Robert Thorne
Looking back across more than 25 years of the franchise, Carrie Bradshaw’s 1988 abortion stands out as one of the character's most authentic moments. It removed the glossy, designer-shoe escapism from the character and grounded her in the gritty, precarious realities of arriving in New York during the late 1980s.
It also set an important creative precedent for contemporary television. Shows like Girls, Scandal, Jane the Virgin, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Shrill later depicted abortion without narrative punishment because Sex and the City had already proven an audience would remain invested in an unapologetic lead character. Carrie Bradshaw made a choice at 22 that allowed her to become the writer, friend, and independent icon viewers followed for decades.
Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.
