Article about the "Christian" propaganda movie October Baby, about a child somehow born perfectly healthy after a "botched abortion" (don't those usually end up with the woman dying??) who, as a teenager, goes looking for her birth mother with the help of the abortion nurse who recalls with specificity what the mother said and did and her motivations for getting an abortion (she wanted an education! and a career!). Her birth mother, of course, is a fancy lawyer with a fancy car who denies ever having her and slams the door in her face, but later tearfully repents.
DISGUSTING.
How can you call yourself a Christian and have so little compassion that you cannot comprehend someone feeling like they are forced to make this difficult decision? Often because of their poverty, their other kids with special needs, domestic abuse in their home, or other circumstances that back them into a corner... not necessarily because they're just too busy and important. You may disagree that they have the right to make the decision, but to portray it as pure selfishness (and shoehorn in judgment about women pursuing careers) is appalling.
This is really... terrible. And the comments are terrifying.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a low 21%, but apparently 91% of the audience liked it.