MTV to air abortion reality special
According to Entertainment Weekly December 21:
After documenting dozens of teen mothers’ heart-wrenching stories via its hit 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom series, MTV will tackle the sensitive issue of abortion with a separate special called No Easy Decision, EW has learned exclusively.
The special, airing Dec. 28 at 11:30 p.m., will follow one former 16 and Pregnant subject, Markai, as she wrestles with the decision after becoming pregnant for a second time.
Dr. Drew Pinsky will also talk with young women who, like 27% of teens who end up with unplanned pregnancies, have chosen to end them. MTV sources say the documentary will tackle all sides of the issue, including the importance of contraception and the devastating effects of facing such a decision.
Read Markai’s backstory from Season 2 of 16 and Pregnant here and here.
I watched a couple episodes of 16 and Pregnant last night, and I’ve watched a few previously, and they usually make strong cases against teenage motherhood.
They also make strong cases against the comprehensive sex ed/contraception mentality, albeit unintentionally. These girls all seem to know how babies are made and how to avoid making them but either experience contraceptive failure or maturity failure. Markai said condoms got “in the way,” for instance. And she repeated the mistake?
Speaking of repeats, Guttmacher states half of all abortions are. Each and every repeat abortion is evidence against the comprehensive sex ed/contraception mentality, since each and every mother should have received teaching from the abortion mill after her first go-around.
And so MTV progresses to the 3rd unplanned pregnancy alternative, abortion. We shall see if the subject is indeed treated fairly, as “devastating” as it really is. Too bad MTV apparently will also continue to pursue the failed “importance of contraception” line, when abstinence is the only foolproof, safest, and healthiest way to behave sexually before marriage.
[Top photo via CNN; 2nd photo via MTV]
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.
Remember back in the day when MTV only showed music videos 24 hours a day? *sigh*
She did have the abortion. She posted this on her facebook page
“Its Not A Baby At All Until I Think You 3rd Trimester (I Could Be Mistaken) Its Only A Fetus Which Means Its Only A GROUP OF CELLS TRYING TO FORM INTO SOMEONE. && Its Not Our Right To Judge Wo…men / Girls Who Do Get An Abortion. Thats Like Judging Someone Because There Gay Or Black Or Whatever. Its Not Right For People To Lash Out At Women/ Girls Who Made The Right Decision For Them && Their Family. Point Blank. && Even Though They Have Created SOMETHING That CAN Be The Most Beautiful Thing. SOMETIMES Women/ Girls Aren’t Ready For That Big Of A Responsibilty. NO MATTER IF THEY OPENED THEIR LEGS / PANTS.”
Why are girls in this day and age so woefully ignorant of fetal development? Especially when they have had a baby before? And she wants to be a vet? Yeah, good luck with that when you can’t understand basic biology Markai.
No we shouldn’t judge women and girls who get abortions.
Post abortive women who regret their abortions are fair game though.
I remember when MTV had this cool game show called Remote Control. I also remember when they actually showed MUSIC…….but the stuff they show now is pure trash, even trashier than some of the raunchy music videos!
This is confusing….this girl had been pregnant before, had probably seen the ultrasound and still aborted the baby because she got pregnant too soon…..why didn’t she try to use self control and abstain? :(
Thanks for the additional info, Sydney – insight into woeful ignorance and an immature attempt at defense.
What does she mean, “it’s not our right to judge”? It’s not a legal right? It’s not a moral right?
I think the Christian meaning of “judge not” has been misconstrued over the years – from what I can tell after sixteen years of Catholic education, it means you’re not supposed to judge people, not that you’re not supposed to judge actions. You’re not supposed to say, “Oh, look, there’s so-and-so the sinner – I’m so much more righteous than so-and-so, who’s going to hell while I’m going to heaven.” It doesn’t mean you’re not supposed to find an action sinful or morally wrong.
Girls who “made the right decision for them and their family” in getting an abortion sure as heck didn’t make the right decision for one very small member of their family. There’s also a good chance that Markai’s living child will find out about this when s/he gets older and feel sad, disturbed, or anywhere in between.
I’m not sure that Markai’s necessarily woefully ignorant of fetal development; people can choose to ignore or rationalize a lot when they really want to.
Remember back in the day when MTV only showed music videos 24 hours a day? *sigh*
Hi Carder. : )
Ha! Exactly!!!!! I have thought that many times…. : /
My wife teaches High School, and the vast majority of her students are black. I will ask her what the attitude towards abortion is. I assume the rate of abortion is higher among young black woman just as it is for black women as a whole, versus the general population.
That said, “Christian ethics” are extremely prevalent among the black high school population, at least in her school, my wife reports.
Hi Marauder,
from what I can tell after sixteen years of Catholic education, it means you’re not supposed to judge people, not that you’re not supposed to judge actions. You’re not supposed to say, “Oh, look, there’s so-and-so the sinner – I’m so much more righteous than so-and-so, who’s going to hell while I’m going to heaven.” It doesn’t mean you’re not supposed to find an action sinful or morally wrong.
Not sure about Catholic or other Christian doctrine, there, but that’s the way it works out, anyhow. Given the nature of our brains, we simply *do judge* things all the time. We may not have any authority over somebody we see, and may not feel right in commenting, may not even feel the urge to comment, but we are constantly perceiving things and judging good/bad.
We cannot judge the soul of a person. That is for God & only God……. We have to judge the behavior & actions of ourselves & others lest we never learn.
Doug?
As in the Doug-who-debated-MK-and-Bethany a couple-of-years-ago Doug?
Where you been??
Hm. Wonder if they are going to show the aborted fetses. If they are into being so comprehensive then they shouldn’t have a problem. If it’s just a bunch of cells and tissue, then there won’t be any problem showing it to their viewers, no?
carder: “Remember back in the day when MTV only showed music videos 24 hours a day? *sigh*”
How about when they showed music videos ONE hour a day?
Merry Christmas Carder!
Yes, it’s me. Been doing a lot of gaming the past two years.
My wife says that from what she sees, the black community is more pro-life than the white one, though some of the black girls in her high school have had abortions. That high school kids tend to be more absolutist, i.e. definitely far to one side or the other of the argument.
And despite any difference in the overall abortion rates, that there is more acceptance of having kids while unmarried in the black community, both among all people and on an individual basis, i.e. when it comes to having an unplanned pregnancy, a higher percentage of black girls willingly continue it.
MTV should get back to playing music if you could call it that now and ditch the reality tv genre. It is hard to take a side on the issue because one never knows how they will feel in a situation. What I am against is saying abortion is the only choice and when you add the word teen , it gets a whole new slant. Many of the are not even old enough to vote or drink alcohol but they can get abortions? Makes no sense. Some are still minors. they need a parents signature on other procedures. Americans should be hot about this. Would anyone support them if they had five or six kids by choice and living on the gov? I think not. Doesn’t this young minority girl know there is still much prejudice against her race? She isnt helping manners any. I wouldnt be surprised if they are put up to it by MTV. the money from the show would help cover the costs. A little responsibility goes along way but pro-choice does not want to hear it. These kids just love the attention and fame. anyone who condones this has no right slamming Octomom and the Duggars.
loved the remote control game.