{"id":294392,"date":"2023-07-07T16:38:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T21:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=294392"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:54:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:54:13","slug":"satire-dark-times-hookup-culture-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/satire-dark-times-hookup-culture-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Action&#8217;s new &#8216;Dark Times&#8217; satire video skewers hookup culture and its link to abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Is society worse off since <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> has been overturned? That&#8217;s the question asked in Live Action&#8217;s latest satirical video, &#8220;Dark Times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video features a number of individuals who bemoan what life is like now that they no longer have unfettered access to abortion. However, while the video appears tongue-in-cheek, it&#8217;s not far from reality \u2014 sadly, many of the statements featured in the video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/10\/22\/1130725614\/texas-abortion-laws-are-changing-how-people-date-in-the-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were based on<\/a> comments made by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsiderNews\/status\/1541465115618201602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real people<\/a> who have had to rethink their lifestyles now that the killing of preborn children is hindered by some state laws.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now that <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> is overturned, a woman can get pregnant <em>just from having sex<\/em>,&#8221; laments one woman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m now seriously considering going down the dangerous path of abstinence until marriage,&#8221; says a man in the video.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5--IGwkc3to\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The video continues, with individuals complaining that they must actually do things like think about the value and trustworthiness of a person <em>before<\/em> have sex with them. One woman says, &#8220;Abortion being illegal where I live has definitely raised the bar for which men I&#8217;ll date and have sex with. And that&#8217;s a terrible thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video also underscores that too many people believe that they shouldn&#8217;t have to take responsibility for their actions, and many have lost touch with the reality that the act of having sex comes with the possibility of creating a new life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I live in constant fear of a baby somehow making its way into my uterus,&#8221; says a woman, as if there is a way she could get pregnant without sex.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The overturning of Roe v. Wade did this to me,&#8221; says another woman as she points to her pregnant belly. &#8220;The Supreme Court of the United States put THIS inside my body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video ends with a woman suggesting a &#8220;new idea&#8221; that women and men create a &#8220;contract&#8221; promising to take care of each other as well as any children they create before they have sex. &#8220;I know it&#8217;s new, I know it&#8217;s shocking, I know it&#8217;s out there,&#8221; she says. &#8220;But that kind of contract is the only way I see us moving forward.&#8221; Of course, the woman has no idea that what she&#8217;s actually suggesting already exists \u2014 it&#8217;s called <em>marriage.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The video satirically highlights many of the problems with today&#8217;s hookup culture. Though the abortion industry long promised abortion would be &#8220;safe, legal, and rare,&#8221; society&#8217;s response to the overturn of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> shows the reality \u2014 for far too long, people have been using abortion as <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortionist-abortion-birth-control-best\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another form of birth control<\/a>. While the overturn of <em>Roe<\/em> has directly led to the saving of preborn children&#8217;s lives, it may also indirectly lead to a reduction in casual sex and greater respect for the lifelong, monogamous commitment of marriage \u2014 and that&#8217;s certainly not a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/target-petition\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=lan_website&amp;utm_content=target_petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-292702\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-700x180.jpg\" alt=\"Target petition\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-768x198.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-500x129.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is society worse off since Roe v. 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