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I'm surprised no one has brought up the one pro-life message in the show. The Sunflower director asked the disparaging Catherine Willow whether she'd had an abortion, and Willow said something to the effect of "Thank God, no!" It was quite subtle but Helgenberger conveyed that she had considered it an option but decided to give birth to her baby.

CSI pays little attention to the private lives of the scientists but it's been mentioned that Willow, a single mother, has an adolescent daughter she adores.

It was one tiny little ray of light in an otherwise abysmally liberal show, and it was easy to miss, but I still think it was very powerful.