Grey’s Anatomy star Chandra Wilson on topical reproductive rights story
Wilson spoke exclusively with RadioTimes.com about her character's season 19 storyline.
The latest season of Grey's Anatomy has seen Chandra Wilson's character Dr Miranda Bailey focusing on providing vital healthcare for women including abortions, with reproductive rights also coming into focus through Dr Addison Montgomery's story.
Speaking exclusively with RadioTimes.com, Wilson opened up about this topical storyline and how the team behind the show tried to highlight the topic from a medical, rather than political, perspective.
She said: "It's always been the responsibility of Grey’s Anatomy not to tell the politics of the thing, but to talk about the medicine, and that's where Bailey was coming from: the medicine. And seeing that there's a gap here, that big old chasm, as a matter of fact, that's showing up in women's healthcare, women's reproductive healthcare in particular.
"Especially as a result of the pandemic, with people getting burned out and people stepping away and need to go take a mental break for five years because of what they've all been through. But in the meantime we have women here that need healthcare that need to be seen, and in Bailey's clinic it's not just abortion. It's women's healthcare across the board."
Wilson continued: "We felt like it was our responsibility to tell the story from that medical point of view, because sometimes people get lost in the politics, and they don't think about that.
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"They don't think about, you know, what women could possibly be losing healthcare because someone wants to pursue a political interest."
With Grey's Anatomy having recently been officially renewed for a 20th season, Owen Hunt star Kevin McKidd recently reassured fans via RadioTimes.com that he won't be leaving the series anytime soon.
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He said: "I would love to do more limited series like [Six Four]. I love playing my character on Grey’s, I love what it’s done for my life and it’s like a family. Truly.
"We’ve been there so long, we’ve seen people have babies, get married, have sad things happen in their lives, kids' graduations, it’s been so long now. It’s like my extended family so I’m not going anywhere any time soon from that show."
Additional reporting by Lewis Knight
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