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.
the mom. the offspring
(yes i kept all my abortions. I love my babies😍🥰😘) pic.twitter.com/olOVmhFVho— devyn🦋 (@devynashleee) January 15, 2020
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.
Trump supporters when they see this pic.twitter.com/1CjXdlj6jB
— Judas (@digitalmpact1) January 15, 2020
Of course, many comments were negative.
This is sick asf
— 🧚🏽♀️✨Jessica Rośe✨🧚🏽♀️ (@iamjessicarosee) January 16, 2020
If this is real.. pic.twitter.com/WkxxYAL8Hj
— Educated brother from the bank (@Thegreatnw) January 15, 2020
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.
It’s a joke 😂😂😂😂 i never had an abortion LMAO
— devyn🦋 (@devynashleee) January 15, 2020
Other social media users cottoned on to the fetuses being rodent.
They’re probably frozen rats to feed reptiles
— кєω¢нι кυттα (@oouumami) January 16, 2020
Yeah they are frozen pinky mice
— Blablabob2 (@blablabob2) January 16, 2020
Some people expressed negativity at the distasteful joke.
Expensive joke
— onyinye (@CelineOnyinye) January 15, 2020
One tweet said: “Jokes are meant to be funny. This is just awful.”
Jokes are meant to be funny. This is just awful.
— M. Blankenship (@MillennialLone) January 16, 2020
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.
