After 42 years Garry Trudeaus comic stripDoonesburycan still create a stir.

A middle-aged, male state legislator will be with you in a moment.

Trudeau added, I dont mean to be disingenuous.

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Obviously theres some profit to controversy, especially for a satirist.

But I dont get up in the morning and scheme about how to antagonize editors.

Perrys spokesperson toldThe Guardian, The decision to end a life is not funny.

Its not the first time this comic has confronted the issue of abortion.

Notably, Trudeau published a 1985 series that mocked anti-abortion filmThe Silent Scream.