LOS ANGELES — About 40 TV and film writers gathered recently at the Encino home of showrunners Marc Guggenheim and Tara Butters to hear Dr. Julia Walsh, a health professor at UC Berkeley School of Public Health, share stories of treating women who suffered injuries during illegal abortions in the late 1960s.
Spilling out onto a patio garden, writers mingled at a bar and sampled an assortment of hors d'oeuvres from elaborate table spreads while listening to presentations by Walsh and other speakers, including advocates from the groups Reproaction and the Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP).
The event, hosted by a 1,400-member coalition of writers and directors, raised close to $30,000 from ticket sales and donations, organizers said.
