The inverted morality of the pro-abortion movement has surfaced again. At MSNBC.com, Ali Vitali, a producer of The Cycle, barely contains her inner fangirl as she squeals in delight over the HBO’s Girls for a “refreshing” take on a woman terminating her child’s life.
“On TV and film, the decision for a woman to have an abortion is often fraught with remorse and tinged with regret, perpetuating the stigma that women who have abortions should be ashamed of themselves.”
In this particular episode, a woman named Mimi-Rose gets an abortion without telling the father of her child, and does so “without crying, and without a scene-sequence of her deep struggle with the choice.” She simply told the father point blank that she couldn't go for a run because she had an abortion. Vitali “was heartened” at this concept because the episode was a “way of attacking the negative stigmas that still surround the abortion debate for many women.”
Vitali applauded the episode’s writer, Lena Dunham, the bastion of feminism who made a video comparing voting for Obama to losing her virginity. Dunham agreed “we’ve been taught to react one way to this [kind of story line], which is with tears and regret.”
Vitali was pleased the abortion was completed without male input in this story: “the decision to show the point of view of a woman who was sure in her choice and who did not need further validation from a male figure that she was doing the right thing sent an important message: There is nothing wrong with the woman for whom an abortion is the right decision, one that is not fraught with guilt or regret."
Equality is defined by a woman making life-ending decisions without the father's knowledge or consent. She complained “The fact that it is her body, and therefore her choice, often takes a back seat to the ‘couple’s decision.’ And while consulting with one’s partner is an important part of the process, the bottom line is that there is no one-size-fits-all process.”
Vitali finds this new depiction of a casual abortion with no male input to be “refreshing,” as if it were a nice hot bath and not the extinguishing of a child’s life. She even celebrates the fact that “stories about abortion are...coming into the mainstream. And as they do, the word itself – abortion – becomes less stigmatized, more human.” HBO gave America “an abrupt and necessary reminder that there is not just one type of abortion experience.”
