{"id":178394,"date":"2018-01-28T17:41:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T22:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=178394"},"modified":"2018-02-09T22:48:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T03:48:46","slug":"joy-villa-pro-life-gown-grammys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/joy-villa-pro-life-gown-grammys\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy Villa stuns in a pro-life gown at the Grammy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Singer Joy Villa likes to make a statement\u00a0and she did it again at the 60th Grammy Awards on Sunday, January 28, 2018. Villa, who isn&#8217;t shy about sharing her opinion, wore a sleeveless white dress on which she hand-painted the image of a preborn child. She also carried a purse with a pro-life message: &#8220;choose life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At last year&#8217;s Grammys, Villa wore a dress stating, &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; in support of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joy_Villa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Joy_Villa<\/a> turns heads with pro-life outfit at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Grammys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Grammys<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fSm1AU3agf\">https:\/\/t.co\/fSm1AU3agf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lo4m4w9y6h\">pic.twitter.com\/lo4m4w9y6h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/957729096599040001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a pro-life woman,&#8221; she told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2018\/01\/28\/joy-villa-turns-heads-with-pro-life-outfit-at-grammys.html\">Fox News<\/a>. &#8220;This year I chose to make a statement on the red carpet like I always do. I&#8217;m all about life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Villa told Fox News that her inspiration for the dress was the baby she placed for adoption when she was 21 years old.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/singer-sarah-mclachlan-other-celebs-explain-feels-adopted\/\">READ: Singer Sarah McLachlan, other celebs explain what it feels like to be adopted<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>While there are few outspoken pro-life celebrities, Villa doesn&#8217;t let that stop her from sharing her values. In 2017, she tweeted &#8220;Abortion is murder. Abortion is murder. Abortion&#8230;is murder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Abortion is murder. Abortion is murder. Abortion&#8230;is murder. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/prolife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#prolife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/chooselife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#chooselife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/chooseadoption?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#chooseadoption<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/thereishope?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#thereishope<\/a> ??<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joy Villa (@Joy_Villa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joy_Villa\/status\/930988052784312320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer Joy Villa likes to make a statement\u00a0and she did it again at the 60th Grammy Awards on Sunday, January 28, 2018. 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