Disgusting all the way around, IMO.

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ABC First Responder Drama Asks, 'What Wine Pairs Best With An Abortion?'

It’s not every day that the question of wine selection to accompany an abortion is brought up in a tense moment at an abortion clinic, yet here we are. One ABC drama thought running an abortion story during Lent was a good thing to do.

Victoria Hughes (Barrett Doss), a firefighter known as Vic on ABC’s Station 19, finds herself pregnant while she is on the outs with her boyfriend, Theo Ruiz (Carlos Miranda). At first, she wasn’t even going to tell him about the pregnancy but she decided to do the right thing and tell him. She told him she chose abortion over going through with the pregnancy, not even bothering to ask Theo his thoughts on her decision.

It's a special kind of selfishness that draws a woman to think it isn’t the right of a baby’s father to know about a pregnancy. Theo still has feelings for Vic, though, and he accompanies her to the abortion clinic.

Dr. Carina DeLuca (Stefania Spampinato) performs a final ultrasound and tells Vic that she is five-and-a-half weeks pregnant. Vic doesn’t want to look at the screen during the ultrasound, so Carina turns the screen away and turns off the sound. Clearly, Vic doesn’t want to see or hear the reality of carrying a new life. During the ultrasound, Vic bursts into singing a show tune to comfort herself.

I love a good show tune as much as anyone, but c’mon, that was weird.

As Vic and Theo wait for the first dose of the abortion drug Mifepristone to kick in, Vic inquires about what wine pairs best with an abortion. She was trying to joke to once again relieve the tense situation.

Vic: Well, I'm not really sure what one talks about when they're waiting for their abortion to show up

Carina: Hi. Sorry I'm late.

Vic: It's okay.

Carina: So, um, I'm gonna have to do a vaginal ultrasound one last time.

Vic: Okay. Uh, fine, but, uh, no thank you on seeing it.

Carina: Of course.

Vic: Yeah.

Carina: And volume off.

Vic: Okay. ♪♪ How lovely to be a woman

Theo: You're show tuning? Now?

Vic: The wait was well worthwhile. ♪♪ How lovely to wear mascara ♪♪ ♪♪ And smile a woman's smile ♪♪

Carina: Okay. We're all set.

Vic: Okay. Any chance you were super wrong and there's nothing in there?

Carina: You're officially at five and a half weeks. What I'm gonna give you now is mifepristone. What this does is stop any growth in the pregnancy immediately. And because of your recent medical adventure... I would like for you to hang out here for one hour. I want to check your blood pressure before you go home. Okay?

Vic: Okay.

Carina: Here.

Vic: Thanks.

Carina: Also, page me if you feel sick at all. If you vomit, you risk to lose the medication before it takes effect.

Vic: Well, we wouldn't want that, so...

Carina: I'll take that.

Vic: MM. Thanks.

Carina: I'll be back in a bit.

Vic: So, what wine do you think pairs best with an abortion? I'm thinking, like, earthy red, right? It's gotta be.

Theo: Vic. Stop. Hey. It's just us. Okay? You don't have to do your jokey thing.

Vic: Okay, well, my jokey thing is who I am, so if you want...You can go.

Theo: No. No. I’m good.
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