Pampers’ “Hello Baby” pro-life iPad app
I remember when G.E. aired this commercial in 2002 to introduce its new 4D ultrasound technology. It still chokes me up…
The story goes that pro-aborts raised such a stink G. E. was forced to remove the ad from the air, or at least cuts its run short.
So I wonder how pro-aborts are going to handle this, a remarkable new iPad app from Pampers called “Hello Baby”…
Here’s the “Hello Baby Pregnancy Calendar” app description from iTunes:
You’ve heard a lot about the ways your baby will develop during your pregnancy – now Pampers enables you to experience baby development like never before: at simulated life-size, right on your iPad. Enter your due date to track week-by-week typical progress and learn about the important changes happening.
[Click graphic, right, to see an example.]
Hold the iPad in front of your tummy and see a typical representation of the baby, with richly detailed images illustrating his or her growth. Hello Baby is a whole new way to get your family excited to welcome its newest member.
Things you can do:
1. See how a baby grows during your pregnancy. View close-ups of little hands and feet, and listen to what a heartbeat might sound like.
2. Add personalized details including your child’s due date, name, size, and weight.
3. Take the iPad wherever you go to share the exciting developments with friends and family.
And I can’t help it, this is pretty funny, found on Flickr (click to enlarge)…
I’m thinking an iPad abortion app would also be a good idea. Enter the correct information to see the age, size, and development of your baby – and then how he or she would be aborted.
[HT: Mommy Life via moderator Chris]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
That’s so cool! I like your idea of an abortion app. Just giving as much information as possible for the “choice” one has to make.
Here is an article about the GE 4D Commercial:
Commercial for 4D Ultrasound System Makes Awesome Pro-Life Message
NEW YORK, July 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – General Electric has developed a moving commercial to promote their new 4D Untrasound system. The commercial is very moving with images of a couple viewing their unborn child for the first time, set to the tune “The first time ever I saw your face.”
Reports suggest that the company has received negative feedback on the commercial from abortion advocates who are concerned about the compelling demonstration of the humanity of the unborn child. Pro-lifers are encouraged to view the commercial and give GE positive feedback.
It makes my head hurt how insane this country is. In one room we are celebrating the growth of “babies” in the womb, and we have no problem with the women across the street paying a hit man abortionist to kill their babies. Sick sick sick!
Considering how left Apple is I am surprised this was even approved by them.
Good point Kristen. I’m sure Apple partnered with Pampers, both believing that their combined investment developing this product would be a big hit, more babies would be born and more apps. and diapers would be sold. It’s a great example of aligning corporate objectives with God’s pro-Life plans.
The business machine of the pro-death mob, on the other hand, is perfectly aligned with satan’s goals of killing, stealing and destroying (Jn 10.10). It’s all about deceiving the spiritually blind and morally bankrupt into killing as many innocent vulnerable children as possible and then hoarding and reinvesting that blood money to promote more promiscuity and more killing.
The service provided by the abortion industry is the torture, dismemberment, murder and body disposal of God’s precious children, by the thousands and thousands, each and every day. Their business is to kill innocent children.
As David pointed out, this is how our culture demonstrates both the Love of God in the celebration of Life, and the diabolical evil of satan’s devices of death.
It is a culture war, and the lives of God’s precious children are at stake.
Lord, have mercy on our nation.
The thing is, these ads and technologies really aren’t “pro-life” per say. They just show the truth of what unborn children is like, and there’s no way to see them and then say that aborting that child is okay. This is why any information about unborn children that doesn’t explicitly state that you can abort your unborn baby and it’s okay is considered pro-life. Yes, it puts the humanity of the baby on display; the baby is human. But I don’t think an honest pro-choice-to-dismember-babies advocate could call it anti-choice. It doesn’t talk about the choice. It doesn’t condemn abortion. I think one could make the argument that it contains essential information for those who want to make an informed choice.
Not to mention, those who abort their babies won’t be buying diapers, so doubtless they’re not an audience Pampers feels compelled to please. And to talk about abortion even obliquely in an ad directed at mothers of wanted babies is not good business sense.
Okay. I definitely want an iPad now.
Anything that gets reality in front of more people is gonna be a good thing.
YCW….as always, well said. I agree 100% with you. The thing that TICKS me off is that because these pro-aborts want to kill children so badly, I am somehow not allowed to celebrate the life growing in my womb? That somehow pregnancy can’t be uplifted, revered for the miracle it really is? That women that CHOOSE to carry their little miracles to birth can’t track their development or share the journey with the world? WHY? Why are these pro-aborts trying to take rights away from women who WANT to know how their baby is growing? Who WANT to show off their bump and relish every part of this incredible journey!
Pro-aborts are always talking about how us pro-lifers are trying to “force” our views on them and their bodies, but who is doing the forcing now? You can’t even show a commercial of a couple looking at their very much wanted baby without the femi banshees shrieking in rage!
OMG! I went to the iTunes site, and somebody had complained about the “race” of the fetus! Newsflash — skin pigment is a uniform pink in babies of ALL races, because fetuses don’t produce skin pigments, and the melanin in the skin hasn’t been exposed to sunlight.
I just want to point out that the vast majority of apps for the iPhone and iPad are developed independently, without any association with Apple. The platform is open for development, and the only role Apple plays is to review the code for each app and ensure it meets a set of minimum standards. Any app that passes this technical evaluation can be sold or distributed through iTunes. Unless there’s an Apple logo or copyright somewhere inside the app itself, Apple had nothing to do with it.
Also, I think an app like this is great. There are a lot of people out there having babies who want to know what’s going on throughout the pregnancy, and the iPad is a neat platform for showing it. I feel the same way about this as I feel about showing women ultrasound images before an abortion: if looking at a picture or illustration of the fetus makes someone think twice about having an abortion, she needs to step back and rethink her choice.
Hey Violet,
Thanks for the clarification. In my effort to be concise I didn’t intend to imply that Apple participated in the product development as a “partner” per se. They obviously provide the platform and, as Kristen alluded to, review and approve potential apps for content in addition to the technical evaluation you described. For example, they rejected this gay app for being too suggestive.
That was the point Kristen and I were making. When the miracle of life is seen in all its beauty through the eyes of grateful loving parents, what does it say about the hearts of those wanting to kill their own children?
I’m not trying to be harsh here, just trying to clarify the pro-life position on this very polarizing issue. At what gestational age is it acceptable to kill one’s own developing child? 8 months and 3 weeks? 24 weeks? 8 weeks?
Where do you draw the line?
Why?
Most of us would agree that we have a moral obligation do everything feasibly possible to save the life of a newborn baby. Obama draws the line further out than most, voting repeatedly to deny medical care to abortion survivors like Gianna Jessen.
You seem like a thoughtful person Violet.
You mention on your blog you had some questions about a couple of bible passages. I’m no expert, but I’ve spent a lot of time myself reconciling what I read in the Bible with my life experience. If you’re interested, I’d be happy to take a stab at any questions you may have.
No condescension.
We’re all in this together.
I’m a registered Apple Developer.
I could develop an iPad application that demonstrates development age and abortion techniques.
I am 99.99% certain Apple would not allow the app to be sold on it’s store and would probably yank developer rights.
The iPad is a distribution channel (as is iTunes).
Pampers rightly understood that the iPad can display a consistent size (in pixels) and portability, which is necessary for sharing (as the photo Jill posted illustrates so nicely).
I do think some means of accurately displaying abortion could be an effective tool (I’m thinking combined with a Justice For All or GAP display and the like). I also think it could be abused by someone attempting to use it outside an abortion clinic. (Effectiveness might vary.)
Thinking about it – a well rounded pro-life app would be very interesting. Although it could include abortion segments, it could also be very instructional in other areas as well. While it could include graphic depictions of abortion – if the majority of content was not – then Apple’s objections would seem pretty weak….
Thoughts?
Interesting Chris.
You’re right, you probably would want to try to make the app very flexible. Suitable for new moms & dads celebrating Life, much like the Pampers app. But also with the capability to show abortion techniques, graphically. I would downplay that part of it but pitch it as a tool that could be used by pro-aborts or pro-lifers as they make their cases either for or against abortion. However, we know that no child-killer in their right mind wants to show what is really going on in abortion mills. That’s how Abbey was converted, right? She saw…
It sounds like it could be a great tool counselors could employ at a GAP display. I’m sure Gregg Cunningham would be happy to give you some good input.
I’ve often thought it might be a great way to get a mom’s attention outside an abortion clinic to show her the beauty and development of her child on an IPad or similar device.
Pro-Life lawmakers could use it to make their case for new legislation. It might be great for high school students making a positional presentation for speech class.
You probably know best how to approach Apple. Once you do your research, define your target markets, and the content you would like to make available, I guess you’d simply contact Apple and tell them this is what you’d like to do. They may, as you suspect, push back on some of the graphic content but I would assert that you’re not taking sides, just making a tool available.
If there is nothing wrong with abortion, what’s wrong with showing it?
If it comes to it, you might also ask them to consider the many successful rulings the Center for Bio-Ethical has won litigating for free speech. I’m not sure they’d consider that relevant or not but it might be worth a shot.
Man, I thought you guys kept talking about Gap, like, the clothing store, making some connection with their (red) campaign. And I was like…”Okay at first I got the connection, in the sense of a viral, visually-identifiable campaign that combines the product of a company with a message the consumer wants to support and spread. But having some kind of abortion-centric app at Gap stores…? wtf?”
The dumb. I has it.
I’m right with ya’ Alexandra. I have a son attending West Point. The acronyms fly and I just try to keep up the best I can.
Posted by: Alexandra at May 8, 2010 3:56 PM
Jill –
I am so grateful. I used to run this GE ultrasound ad at my blog on a regular basis. It still makes me cry. Perhaps the most pro-life statement ever made – whether intentionally or unintentionally.
It disappeared for years and my queries to GE went unanswered. Thank you for finding it again.
I am off to run it at my blog.
As a second wave feminist who fought for abortion rights in the early 70s – God, forgive me! – I can only thank Him for the technology and intellectual understanding which have made us aware of how in error we were.
Jill, while our paths cross occsionally, it is never often enough. I am a great admirer of the work you do!
love,
barbara