If abortion is a completely legitimate and moral decision why not televise it? I know it’s a shocking suggestion but I think dragging abortion out of the media imposed darkness is essential to the pro-life cause. So many of the gains made by the pro-life cause have been due to advances in technology in ultrasound and people seeing the unborn with their own eyes. But last night MTV aired their VERY IMPORTANT SPECIAL on abortion. Now, silly me, I actually had some hope that something good might come out of it. I was wrong.
The show “16 and Pregnant” on MTV actually does a good job of showing the real life ups and downs of being a young Mom. In fact, last year a number of feminists were upset that the show had some girls who accepted the baby and one couple who gave up their baby for adoption but nobody on the show opted for abortion. Why not abortion, they asked. So MTV aired a special on abortion where some young girls opted for abortion. But the REALLY BIG SHOW ABOUT ABORTION actually skipped over one kind of essential part -THE ABORTION. Now, even though the show often shows births they didn’t show the actual abortion. They didn’t even come close. One minute the young girl is talking about her options and the next she’s announcing that she’d had the abortion. Can you imagine a show about becoming a mother skipping over the actual birth or the whole trip to the hospital? So why skip the abortion? If it’s not a person in the womb, just a potential person, why not show it? Because then, the abortion industry couldn’t get away with their lies. And they do lie.
December 30, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Nice point! Why skip over what the show is ACTUALLY about.
December 30, 2010 at 6:11 pm
The allocation of $2.9 million to The Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program at West End Neighborhood House in Wilmington, Delaware, to educate children in their own human sexuality ought to include the fascinating and truly scientific ultra-sound – the picture of human life reproduction in the womb.
Minor person’s civil rights are held in trust for them by their parents and the state, giving to parents authority over how their children are educated by delegating their power to the state. Taxes remain the possession of the tax payer even while they are administered by the state.
Why not an ultra sound? Surely $2.9 million will afford an ultra-sound machine to educate students as to human reproduction in the womb. Health care ought to at least provide the basic scientific advances in the field of human life, reproduction, conception, DNA and fetal growth. Health care too must admit that condoms are 0% effective against HIV/AIDS as the virus passes between the molecules of the condom material. Also, there is a 12% failure rate in the proper use of condoms. Abstinence is the only 100% effective means of maintaining virginity and sexual integrity. Persons will then have true freedom of choice and informed consent.
December 30, 2010 at 7:47 pm
About 19 years ago HBO did a show about abortion showing pro-life and pro-abortion sides which included showing the pre-abortion "counseling" that went on and the actual abortions taking place. Without exception the women who had abortions showed great emotional remorse, crying, collapsing, etc.. I thought it was powerful to show all of that and harmful to the pro-abortion agenda. My guess is that's why they skipped the abortions.
December 30, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Brilliant point! We should all ask them. Here's the link
http://mtvpress.com/contacts/form/