Fans of “Ginny and Georgia” Stop Watching When It Promotes Abortion and Assisted Suicide

‘Ginny and Georgia’ is an immensely popular Netflix show that has fans across the country and across the world. People of all different backgrounds and views gather around to watch this show. At least, until recently.

‘Ginny and Georgia’ has just returned for its 3rd season, and fans couldn’t wait. However, some themes have come up on the show that may turn a lot of pro-life people off.

First of all, at the end of the second season, the main character performed a ‘mercy’ killing for someone who was suffering from an illness. The media and culture love to paint euthanasia and assisted suicide as the loving and compassionate choice. But, playing god has consequences, and these procedures rob individuals and families of precious time together and often have excruciating and painful consequences for the individual and the family at large.

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Things have only gone downhill when in season 3 it is revealed that one of the main characters had an abortion. In the show, abortion is presented as the logical and comforting choice. Plus, the girl is a teenage girl dealing with an unstable relationship, making this choice look trendy and desirable for young women watching the program in a similar situation.

Unfortunately, ‘Ginny and Georgia’ is not the first popular show to slip an abortion into their storyline. Other shows include:

‘Degrassi’

‘Scandal’

‘Girls’

‘Grey’s Anatomy’

‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

‘Bridgerton’

‘Jane the Virgin’

‘Dear White People’

There are many dangers of this, but a couple in particular should be highlighted.

First, some of these shows are family-oriented shows or at least geared toward high school students and or college age. This is a defining time for many people regarding their views on topics such as abortion, leaving them quite impressionable and vulnerable to the events on these shows.

Second, abortion is usually portrayed as a quick and candid ‘solution’ to a ‘problem.’ Rarely do these women struggle with their decisions as so many do. Often, these portrayals show the woman distraught by an unplanned pregnancy and finding ‘relief’ when abortion is presented as an option.

Unfortunately, there are not many counter-narratives out there regarding pro-life storylines. ‘Juno’ is a movie instead of a television show, but could provide a good counterbalance. Though the main character ultimately places the child up for adoption, the filmmaker time and time again insisted that the movie is not ‘pro-life’ out of some type of embarrassment.

Some may wonder what the solution is. The most obvious choice would be to insert more storylines regarding parenthood and the importance of all life. Perhaps more programming talking about the sanctity of human life, personhood, and fetal development? Perhaps more storylines could involve adoption and foster care. Also, changing the narrative in general would be useful. Use the woman keeping the baby as an inspirational narrative that people don’t have to pick their personal or professional lives over having a child.

Other options would include completely removing abortion storylines from television. Or at least show women grapple with these decisions in a realistic way that shows the trauma that abortion and abortion related decisions can cause.

One bright spot in the last few years seems to be a storyline on the comedy series, ‘Superstore.’ One could also argue that a show that remains popular to this day, ‘Gilmore Girls,’ was a relatively pro-life television show. Unfortunately, there aren’t many more examples than this. Another bright spot could be the emergence of well-produced Christian-based programming. Hopefully, these production companies and creatives can produce more pro-life programming.

In conclusion, the pro-choice message has seeped into our media, and it seems to be only spreading and becoming more normalized. There is hope that pro-life narratives and programming could be put into the spotlight.

LifeNews Note: Jacob lives in the midwest with his wife and young son. He is a passionate pro life advocate with years of experience in nonprofit leadership, local government and education. He enjoys writing for a variety of publications. He and his wife are very involved in their church. In his free time Jacob enjoys walking, reading, writing, trying new restaurants and going to new festivals, fairs and concerts. 

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