{"id":273237,"date":"2022-08-03T06:39:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T11:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=273237"},"modified":"2022-08-01T22:55:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T03:55:45","slug":"slashfilm-fims-abortions-moral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/slashfilm-fims-abortions-moral\/","title":{"rendered":"SlashFilm tries – and fails – to convince readers ‘abortions are moral and necessary’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is no secret that the entertainment industry and the media have long sided with the pro-abortion crowd in both coverage and storytelling. Long have we seen celebrities and pundits bemoan any sort of pro-life law, condemning anyone who may oppose\u00a0ending the life of a preborn child.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The entertainment news website SlashFilm (\/Film) is no exception. Film commentator Witney Seibold slammed the overturning of Roe v. Wade<\/em> and listed a group of ten films that shove abortion propaganda at the audience \u2014\u00a0but not before opining on the decision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After referencing the leaked Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em> Supreme Court draft opinion in May, he wrote<\/a>, \u201c[I]t remains disheartening and infuriating to witness the overturn play out, as many understand that abortions will indeed continue in the United States, just illegally and more dangerously.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Right in the first paragraph, he regurgitates the “women will die” talking point that has long been debunked. Prior to Roe<\/em>, women were not dying from illegal abortions in the numbers that the pro-abortion media has long been claiming.\u00a0<\/span>As Live Action researcher Carole Novielli noted<\/a> in a piece debunking this point, \u201cThe fabricated statistics came from those who wanted to manipulate the public\u2019s emotions to decriminalize abortion. We know this because former NARAL co-founder Bernard Nathanson admitted that the 5,000-10,000 annual death statistic fed to the public and media in the late 1960s was completely made up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Novielli further expalined, “In 1972, when abortion had already been made legal in several states, the CDC recorded 39 deaths from\u00a0illegal\u00a0<\/i>abortion and 24 deaths from\u00a0legal\u00a0<\/i>abortion.\u00a0By 1973, the year Roe v. Wade<\/em> was decided, the\u00a0CDC\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that more women died from\u00a0legal<\/i>\u00a0abortion than\u00a0illegal<\/i>\u00a0abortions\u00a0(25 v. 19).”<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0GET THE FACTS: Illegal abortion did not lead to thousands of women\u2019s deaths<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Seibold did ironically note that politicians and pundits turn the issue into a \u201cblithering proselytizing,\u201d which can be confirmed if you listen to any pro-abortion thought leader for about two minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCinematic stories of abortion give the act a human face, showing audiences that there are people at the center of this debate,\u201d he claimed. \u201cMany films about abortion focus on the difficulty to obtain one and the stubborn taboo attached to getting one. In these movies, said difficulty creates unnecessary pain for \u2014 and gruffly wrests agency from \u2014 those seeking them.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Cinema has long been used to promote abortion in pop culture and it is a shame that Hollywood does not use its bully pulpit to celebrate life. Some titles, such as <\/span>Juno<\/span><\/i>, do promote life by accident<\/a>, but even these are rare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[A]bortion is a moral obligation, an important health issue, and a necessary procedure that requires free and easy access for all,\u201d Seibold concluded before going through his celebratory list of pro-abortion films.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is interesting to see how pro-abortion pundits declare abortion a moral obligation while ignoring what the procedure involves. As many pro-life human rights activists and former abortions note, it is incredible gruesome. Abortion procedures involve<\/a> poisoning, dismembering, and in some cases, stabbing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n