Warning: This article is pregnant with spoilers. Watch the excellent film Unpregnant on HBO Max before reading.Unpregnant is a joyous coming-of-age, road trip flick about two teenage girls in the Midwest.
But it is also a surprising showcase of a decades-old relationship of two interconnected social movements: a woman's right to choose and LGBTQ+ equality.In the HBO Max comedy, Veronica (Haley Lu Richardson) learns she is pregnant.
The 17-year-old wants to have an abortion, but unfortunately for her, she lives in Missouri, which forbids minors from having one without parental permission.
Her only option is to drive to a clinic in Albuquerque, N.M. — and the only person who can help her reach this destination is Bailey (Barbie Ferreira), a.