Originally posted by Sicilian Babe:
...Since Kay was kept at the Tahoe estate as a virtual prisoner, not even allowed to go shopping, where would she have obtained an abortion, which was illegal at the time? How would she have done it under the watchful eyes of the bodyguards and Tom Hagen?...
Being held at the estate would not preclude Kay from necessary medical examinations during her pregnancy. For a family like the Corleones, it would be easy to have the Dr. summoned to the compound to see Kay, who was after all not just some ordinary housewife. It's also possible that as the wife of a powerful mafia Don, she could pay him to perform the procedure in absolute secrecy, or have him find her someone who would. While hating the life she was in, Kay was certainly smart enough to utilize whatever benefits she could get from it.
These questions/theories of whether or not Kay actually HAD the abortion have come up before, and I've always thought them rather silly (even when thrown out there just to generate discussion). The way she blurts out to him that she had the abortion pretty much means she had it. If I recall correctly, it was the brainchild of Talia Shire. The character of Kay didn't appear as the type of person to make something like that up...especially not to stick it to Michael.
If FFC ever wanted to imply that she did, we the audience would have been eventually made aware of that...
even if as late as in GFIII, where they made a point of resolving with a wink & nod almost every issue of GFII, including Michael's guilt at having had Fredo killed (which of course, Fredo didn't know was coming).
She had the abortion. It was written that way. And even if she didn't, and DID make it up, she probably would have admitted that to Michael upon realizing she really WAS going to lose custody of her children. Pride plays little role when it comes to sacrificing your kids.
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