Markai Durham from "No Easy Decision"
Critics continue to focus on an MTV show that features a pregnant girl who has an abortion.
Georgette Forney of Anglicans for Life and the Silent No More Awareness Campaign (SNMAC) thinks it is good that No Easy Decision looked at the issue realistically and from a woman's perspective, "but what they missed is they didn't go back and talk to her a week later, six months later, six years later [or] sixteen years later," she notes.
The young mother featured in the program was only spoken to immediately after she underwent the procedure, but Forney contends her reaction should have been followed up more extensively because of psychological ramifications that are often manifested much later. Most states have legislation that recognizes a woman's "right to know," which requires that pregnant women or girls be fully informed of the consequences of and the alternatives to abortion. But as Forney explains, that was not done in this case.
Georgette Forney"What that reflects is the fact that the theory of a woman's right to choose is sadly being usurped in the first point in that she is not being fully informed about her choices," the SNMAC co-founder suggests.
She goes on to argue that a problem with television is the fact that it is agenda-driven, which does not help people think critically. So that is one reason the pro-life movement must get in gear, states Forney.
"It's our responsibility to help people think through these types of shows and ask some more critical questions and think about this from a more 'well, what was missing from the show' [perspective] instead of accepting what was fed to us in the show," Forney explains.
She says the MTV program slightly opens the door for discussion about the psychological ramifications of abortion, but she thinks that door should be wide open.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: January 7, 2011
