Roni Geva and Margaret Katch have both had abortions themselves-but not surprisingly, neither of them ever felt like they related to the portrayals of abortion experiences depicted onscreen. It is these exact negative depictions and misrepresentations that inspired CTRL ALT DELETE, a comedic video web series about the normalcy of abortion.

Only 11 of the 22 abortion plot lines that occurred in 2017 ended with an abortion actually being obtained. But in many ways, our misnomers about abortion aren’t about a lack of representation-they’re about widespread media misrepresentation. 15.6 percent of women who undergo an abortion onscreen end up dead, even though women have a greater chance of dying when they get their wisdom teeth removed than when they get an abortion. People tend to underestimate the frequency of experiences they hear less about, and abortion stigma keeps women who receive abortions quiet.

80 percent of people polled said that childbirth was safer or about as safe as abortion in reality, the rate of death for every 100,000 women who has an abortion is 0.27, while the rate of death for every 100,000 women who go through childbirth is 17.8. According to a Vox Media poll, a majority of Americans think abortion is less common than it is: 61 percent of Americans believe that fewer than one in five women get abortions, even though the reality is that one in three will. But people don’t just think abortion is uncommon-they also largely, and falsely, believe that abortions are dangerous.

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