Last Updated on January 16, 2020
A post about a social media user showing off a collection of “fetuses” goes viral, with many commenters expressing their horror at the image.
The post, concocted by a Twitter user by the name of “dev,” wrote: “the mom. the offspring (yes i kept all my abortions. I love my babies),” as what appears to be a sick joke.
https://twitter.com/slvyed_/status/1217472540735610884
At the time of writing the article, the post amassed over 40,000 likes and almost 20,000 comments.
The tweet did inspire anticipated responses from those likelier to espouse a pro-life position on the abortion debate–i.e., Trump supporters.
https://twitter.com/digitalmpact1/status/1217568958414454784
Of course, many comments were negative.
https://twitter.com/_iamgorjess_/status/1217620137949454341
https://twitter.com/Thegreatnw/status/1217586404433129472
https://twitter.com/kloudwatcher/status/1217575233990930433
In spite of the reaction from the tweet, a similar post, using the exact same photo on the right-hand side of the tweet, was made a few years ago–also eliciting a massive backlash.
However, the fetuses in question weren’t human but rodent.
The original poster later admits that she’s joking in another tweet.
https://twitter.com/slvyed_/status/1217474162383519745
Other social media users cottoned on to the fetuses being rodent.
https://twitter.com/oouumami/status/1217610148648292358
https://twitter.com/blablabob2/status/1217747303038980096
Some people expressed negativity at the distasteful joke.
https://twitter.com/CelineOnyinye/status/1217574407914303502
One tweet said: “Jokes are meant to be funny. This is just awful.”
https://twitter.com/MillennialLone/status/1217668270876172288
Another said: “This is not funny. You need psychiatric help.”
https://twitter.com/the_witty_one94/status/1217713569539772416
Sometimes fake posts are difficult to differentiate from real ones, given the nature of many strange occurrences in the past few years.
Nevertheless, the fact that such a post was made–more than once–and gained such popularity, with tweeters believing its veracity, shows a deep vitiation within contemporary culture.
Top celebrities have also loudly championed abortions.
Sarah Silverman, according to Breitbart, joked about how a Pro-Life law made her “want to eat an aborted fetus.”
Michelle Williams expressed how, without an abortion, she wouldn’t have been able to have furthered her career at her Golden Globe’s award acceptance speech.
