The All in the Family spin-off Maude, starring Bea Arthur, had a controversial two-part episode, but it didn't draw ire until ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Season 1, the sitcom released a two-part episode in November 1972 that brought the topic of abortion into family homes.

Adrienne Jo Barbeau stole the show on Maude as the divorced single mother Carol Traynor. While we greatly enjoyed following along on her pursuit of love, with some family fights added to the mix, ...

The first season of the classic sitcom Maude tackled a topic that not many would have dared to cover with its main characters. In the early '70s, certain topics like sex and abortion were considered ...