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The Quiet Violence of Normalizing Loss: Why Abortion Disappeared from Headlines | Women, Actually
In this episode of Women, Actually, host Oonagh Gonzales explores the disturbing phenomenon of how abortion rights have faded from mainstream headlines following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. This is not because the crisis has resolved, but because society has normalized the erosion of bodily autonomy, turning urgent human rights violations into background noise. The episode examines why the 'scream' has become a 'whisper,' analyzing the psychological and media mechanisms that allow horror to lose its shock value through constant exposure and algorithmic suppression.
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