'House' Star Lisa Edelstein Stars in Controversial 'Right to Choose' Ad

By Christo Varghese Posted Feb 16th 2011 05:30AM

Lisa Edelstein, best known for playing Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the hit TV show 'House,' stars in a new controversial and political 'Right to Choose' ad made by activist group MoveOn.org.

In the ad, Edelstein plays a 1950s-era woman walking nervously down a hallway toward a door. At the same time, in the background, viewers can hear Edelstein say, "Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse."

As she gets closer to the door, her voice continues in the background. "So when the Republican Party launched an all out assault on women's health, pushing bills to limit access to vital services, why is the GOP trying to send women back ... to the back alley?"

The ad ends with the shot of Edelstein, dressed in modern day clothing, tearfully opening a closet door to reveal a wire clothes hanger. Watch the ad after the jump.

RadarOnline reports that Edelstein, who is an outspoken advocate for women's rights, explained her decision to star in the ad. "I decided to do this ad because I believe that every woman needs to know the grave danger that women's reproductive rights are facing in Congress right now."

She continues by saying, "I hope that women across America tell Congress that these bills are an attack on women's health and that they are unacceptable."

Follow Us on Twitter Friend Us on Facebook

Tags: lisa edelstein

Comments

(295)

Wednesday 16 February

By daddy

Highest Rank Vote down Vote up Report this

Let her explain to me why I should be forced to pay for someones abortion.

Friday 18 February

By Mike

Lowest Rank Vote down Vote up Report this

an someone tell me why I have to pay for someones' cancer/heart attack/Parkinson's Disease....

By cashmanisking

Mike - one has to do with killing innocent people, the other has to do with saving the lives of sick people. It is a real, real shame you don't know the difference.

By kevin

Vote down Vote up Report this

cause either way ,someone gonna have to pay be it Thur a planned parenthood or Thur social programs. here's one for you, ever notice how the republicans are always going on about how life is this & that when a women is pregnant & how they try to demoralize her from doing what in most cases would be right,but have you noticed the minute that child is born he is no longer a great thing to behold but is instantly labeled a statics in their eyes , but yet a few months ago they were going out of their way to make sure you had it. how is that.

By katydid579

cash: It an embryo, not a "people". Did you flunk basic biology?

By CariO

An embryo IS a BABY. That is what it is called until 8 weeks of gestation, then it is called fetus, which is STILL a BABY. Tell me, has any human embryo, left to develop, ever turned into anything other than A BABY? If it had, then you could say it was not human. We might not know what it would turn into...but all human embryos are human babies at a very early developmental stage.

By Lee

Someone explain to me why I have to pay for someone else's child when they can't afford to have one.

By LEDocDave

Let her also explain why it is alright to kill an unborn child.

By liz

Unless you are involved with that 'someone' you are not paying.

By Nayer

Katy: I hope he did better in Biology than you did in English. As strongly as I feel about Abortion, you sure make me second guess myself.

By Rick

You aren't paying for anyone else's abortion unless you've knocked her up. Federal funds do not pay for abortion.

They pay for the other services that organizations such as Planned Parenthood provide: Birth control, cervical cancer screenings, breast cancer screenings, and other women's health issues.

So quit repeating whatever drivel you've heard on Glenn Beck.

By RT

Well, because a woman doesn't get pregnant without a guy, too many of them as unfeeling as you.

By brian

Why do I have to pay for the care of unwanted baby's and what are YOU doing about it? Adopt lately?

By carol

You do not have to pay for anyone's abortion. Congress voted some years ago that they would not federally fund any abortions. Why this is being brought up again when there is already a law on the books, well I can't explain that.

By Laura

I would rather pay for a few hundred dollars for someones abortion than several thousand to support another welfare child. What I do take issue with are the women that use abortion as a form of birth control, instead of using any alternative form to prevent getting pregnant in the first place. I do realize birth control does not always work, but some women don't even try, using abortion as an easy out.

By early_exit

Has anyone noticed anything different since AOL acquired the Huffington post? Or did the Huffington Post acquire AOL?

Thursday 17 February

By hank

Pay few bucks now or pay forever to raise this unwanted child.

By kimmieizey

then how about we send all those unwanted kids to your house to raise ok

By amberfrostdragon

Why then should I pay for your or any man's Viagra?

Then why should I pay for your or some mans Viagra?

Page 1 of 15