{"id":320987,"date":"2024-10-31T15:52:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=320987"},"modified":"2024-10-31T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:31:21","slug":"law-order-absurd-storyline-pro-lifer-bombs-ivf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/law-order-absurd-storyline-pro-lifer-bombs-ivf\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC’s ‘Law & Order’ goes for the absurd in storyline where pro-lifer bombs IVF clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A recent episode of NBC’s crime drama “Law & Order” featured an IVF doctor left in an irreversible coma after her clinic was bombed by an angry pro-lifer who is retaliating against the clinic for destroying human embryos.<\/p>\n

But it’s clear that this storyline wasn’t given much critical thought; after all, if pro-lifers believe destroying unused embryos is murder, then it wouldn’t logically hold that they would bomb an IVF clinic filled with these stored, unused embryos.<\/p>\n

As Newsbusters reported<\/a>, in the episode, a white man wearing a “Jeremy 15” bracelet was said to be the bomber, with three characters \u2014 Detectives Jalen Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) and Vincent Riley (Reid Scott), and Lieutenant Jessica Brady (Maura Tierney) \u2014 discussing the eyeroll-inducing, clich\u00e9d meaning behind the bracelet:<\/p>\n

Brady:<\/strong> Was he able to give you a description of the bomber? <\/em><\/p>\n

Shaw:<\/strong> One that fits half of New York City.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brady:<\/strong> What about security cameras in the area where the bag was supposedly handed off?<\/em><\/p>\n

Shaw:<\/strong> We’re not gonna have a lot of luck down there. Most of the cameras are busted. The one thing he did give us was that the so-called perp might go by the name Jeremy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Riley:<\/strong> All right, what if Jeremy 15 is actually Jeremiah 1:5? “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee.” 13 years of Catholic school. But blue bag, pink box. Those are pro-life colors.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brady:<\/strong> And our vic’s a fertility doctor, right?<\/em><\/p>\n

Riley:<\/strong> Yeah.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brady:<\/strong> Well, that’s close enough for some anti-choice people these days. Check it out.<\/em><\/p>\n

From there, the detectives visited the IVF clinic, where a staffer, who refers to abortions as “medically necessary,” corrects them about what the pro-life movement is. “The anti-choice, anti-science, anti-woman groups, you mean?” she asks. That led to an exchange about the horror of fetal personhood laws.<\/p>\n

Nurse:<\/strong> [Sighs] The largest embryo we ever freeze is a mere 100 cells, invisible to the human eye, but the Alabama Supreme Court just ruled those cells a human life.<\/em><\/p>\n

Shaw:<\/strong> And I bet the fetal personhood movement doesn’t like you guys destroying unused embryos.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nurse:<\/strong> They think it’s mass murder.<\/em><\/p>\n