Online Game Show About Abortion

Turning abortion into an online game show – You thought I was kidding, right?

The idea for the “show,” which launches Monday, was inspired, of all things, by Barack Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame University last year. When the president said he wanted “to find ways to communicate about a workable solution to the problem of unintended pregnancies,” executive producer Dominic Iocco conceived “Bump.”

Remember what happened with Notre Dame? I wrote about it too: Jane and Laura were arrested at Notre Dame, Obama called for Pro-Lifers to ease up, there was a huge abortion debate, and they even arrested Father Norman Weslin. I know you remember all of this, right?

Kathleen Parker goes on to say this towards the end of her article about this new online reality TV show:

We’re not supposed to judge anyone, of course, but to feel their pain and offer thoughts. Regardless of one’s position on abortion, one thought is inescapable: The babies deserve better. Perhaps there will be an adoption sequel?

At this point, the stories are only partly sketched and will be fleshed out based on what Internet denizens proffer. In the end, self-selecting strangers will become as a thousand Caesars, offering a thumbs up or down on the unborn. That some might struggle with their decision on behalf of the voiceless is some consolation. Otherwise, even in the faux world of a not-quite reality show, presenting such a profoundly personal and literally life-altering conflict as interactive entertainment is disturbing and slightly creepy.

In a nutshell each pregnancy scenario gets played out on this online “game show” and the people watching and participating will decide whether or not the baby should be aborted based on the circumstances and situation of the parents.

How is any of this fair for the unborn baby should a portion of the audience decide that they get a thumbs down? Don’t they realize that it’s not fair for the baby? Don’t they realize that the baby would want to live? Doesn’t the baby get to participate in the game show? Obviously they can’t because they can’t speak up or out from the inside of their mother’s womb.

I believe it is sad that it has come down to the creation of a “game show” on whether or not there should be an abortion. It’s so sad to me that it seems like nobody has any reverence for the miracles that God has created in His image. Now some random stranger gets to decide if these unborn babies will live or die. I don’t care if the pregnancies are real or not. It’s not right.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:13-16

Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone chose life and allowed God to be our judge and jury instead of people off the street playing in an online game show about abortion?