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The way abortion advocates tell it, women have been clamoring for a movie featuring abortion – and not just abortion, but a “positive” abortion story. Forever bemoaning the lack of abortions in romantic books and movies<\/a>, and even shoehorning abortion into a wedding announcement<\/a>, pro-abortion activists were screeching with joy over the pro-abortion film Obvious Child<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It’s a romantic comedy about a woman who gets dumped, has a one-night stand, and then has an abortion<\/a>. Along the way, she makes a lot of jokes about farts and sex. Sounds hilarious and charming, right? But despite the fact that the abortion crowd was crowing over the awesomeness of Obvious Child<\/em>, moviegoers apparently didn’t agree<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The film opened in limited release and is gradually being released to more theaters around the country. It is currently playing in 196 theaters and has netted just over $1 million after a month.<\/p>\n

Fans of the film – and abortion – will likely spin this as a big win, but is it really? Consider two other limited-release films, Snowpiercer<\/em> and Begin Again<\/em>. Obvious Child<\/em> is currently earning under $3,000 per theater; Snowpiercer<\/em> is earning over $20,000 per theater, and Begin Again<\/em> almost $30,000. The only film in the top five earning less per theater than Obvious Child<\/em> is Maleficent<\/em>, which rounds out the box office at number five and is bringing in $2,680 per theater – and it was released before Obvious Child<\/em> was.<\/p>\n

No one expected Obvious Child<\/em> to be a box office smash as an independent comedy. But these numbers still tell a tale: women, in fact, are not<\/em> rushing to theaters to see a movie that revolves around abortion. Crazily enough, it seems that people don’t find abortion all that romantic or funny. Like After Tiller<\/em>, also the darling of the pro-abortion crowd, most of America is ignoring this movie, because most normal people don’t feel the need to romanticize abortion. Only pro-abortion extremists feel the need for abortion to not only be legal, but be celebrated and glorified.<\/p>\n

Obvious Child<\/em> was supposed to be the dawn of a glorious new day of abortion films, with studios realizing that it was just a genius idea to feature abortion as a positive in movies. But considering that most Americans aren’t turning out in droves to see a “comedy” about a girl who gets knocked up and has an abortion, laughing and making crude jokes all the way through it, the future of pro-abortion movies looks bleak.<\/p>\n

Compare the response to Obvious Child<\/em> by moviegoers to the turnout for pro-life independent limited-release film October Baby<\/a><\/em>, which netted over $7,000 per theater upon release en route to\u00a0over $5,000,000.<\/p>\n

It’s even more overwhelmingly in favor of pro-life movies, considering the massive marketing blitz for Obvious Child<\/em>, with media appearances and interviews and glowing reviews, while October Baby<\/em> had nothing to recommend it except word of mouth.<\/p>\n

Americans aren’t interested in seeing abortion trivialized, and they don’t find it particularly romantic or funny. But celebrating life? That’s something they can get behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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