February 8, 2008
The Year of Unplanned Pregnancies
Last year's spate of pro-baby pregnancy movies has kept journalists, bloggers, and pundits abuzz. Knocked Up, Juno, Waitress, and Bella star heroines who, upon finding themselves unexpectedly and inconveniently with child, choose to have their babies. Trend, coincidence, conspiracy, or zeitgeist?
The question of whether the movies are pro-choice, pro-life, or a more complex mix of the two is being hotly debated online and in print. Now that Juno has been nominated for four Oscars,
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