In case you didn’t see the Super Bowl, the Broncos won—sorry Carolina fans.
But what may be the most interesting thing about the Super Bowl from a Christian worldview perspective is the Doritos ad that featured a expecting mother receiving an ultrasound (watch it below if you haven’t seen it).
What seems like an innocent joke (at least to me and my friends watching the game) was condemned as “anti-choice” rhetoric by abortion activists. Apparently for the pro-choice, treating a ‘fetus’ like a true person is just too much. Here’s a tweet that NARAL (a pro-choice organization) shared to show their disdain:
#NotBuyingIt – that @Doritos ad using #antichoice tactic of humanizing fetuses & sexist tropes of dads as clueless & moms as uptight. #SB50
— NARAL (@NARAL) February 8, 2016
Bethany Jenkins saw through their flawed logic:
#NotBuyingIt – that time @NARAL said "dad" and "mom" instead of "man" and "woman" and discredited its own point https://t.co/5PDtNQocUv
— Bethany Jenkins (@BethanyJenkins) February 8, 2016
This is just one more example of how the pro-choice movement (or as Albert Mohler so helpfully calls “the Culture of Death”) has to control the conversation by sanitizing common-sense words like “baby”, “mom”, and “dad”. Many times (like the NARAL tweet), the gaffes of pro-choicers help us see clearly behind their facade.
Here are a few more telling tweets on the controversy:
First you humanized babies,
then you make puppies seem adorable.
Doritos, you people are monsters.— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) February 8, 2016
What backlash against Doritos ad teaches us is that ultrasounds & babies = worst enemies of pro-abortion movementhttps://t.co/HXfAZNHmFQ
— Kevin Halloran (@kp_halloran) February 8, 2016
@kp_halloran along w/the fact that @NARAL is just another name for modern day Baal worshipers who appease the god of self w/human sacrifice
— ZooKeeperKevin ن (@ZooKeeper_Kevin) February 8, 2016
The @Doritos commercial was tasteless and banal, but the @NARAL tweet was petulant and inhumane. Doritos wins. https://t.co/LvOL9P4U1h
— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) February 8, 2016
"Humanizing fetuses"? What is Mom preganant with? A potato? A duck? Nope – a human. Say it with me. She's a baby. @NARAL @Doritos
— Doc Washburn (@DocWashburn) February 8, 2016
@NARAL Truth is that a fetus is indeed a human baby! Thank you @Doritos for showing the truth! #SB50
— Bridgit Boeve Smith (@BridgitSmith) February 8, 2016
Dear @NARAL, do you know want "humanizes" fetuses?
Being human.
— Countermoonbat (@CounterMoonbat) February 8, 2016
Newsflash to @NARAL: human fetuses are human. Everyone sees it. That's why you're so upset. Your empire is crumbling https://t.co/lJ3CxQpKjh
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) February 8, 2016
NARAL is very upset that people might realize that unborn babies are babies and not figments of their imagination.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 8, 2016
I'm tired of all these Super Bowl commercials vehiclizing cars. #NARAL
— Keith Plummer (@XianMind) February 8, 2016
Thanks @NARAL for standing against dads being portrayed as "clueless". Now perhaps consider standing against murder. https://t.co/HDpAI6zoTo
— Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) February 8, 2016
Shorter #NARAL. Cool to humanize intestines, singing lambs, and foot fungus, but don't you dare humanize a baby.
— Jake R. (@jaker1419) February 8, 2016
Waiting for #NARAL tweets about how #SuperBowlBabies shouldn't be called babies until they leave the hospital.
— Chad Pecknold (@ccpecknold) February 8, 2016
#NARAL would have preferred a more realistic scene, where Planned Parenthood aborts the fetus & sells off the parts. https://t.co/9UMQOXy6tP
— Adam White (@adamjwhitedc) February 8, 2016
Main takeaways?
- Keep praying to fight for life. [See: 21 Days of Prayer for Life from The Colson Center]
- Speak out when appropriate using clear pro-life arguments. [See: Free Training Session in Pro-Life Apologetics]
- Vote for pro-life candidates. [See: When Christians Should Be One-Issue Voters by Joe Carter]
