My Pet Conspiracy Theory

No, this isn't about some kind of conspiracy being committed by pets. This is about a conspiracy actually occurring in the United States, one that contributes to hundreds of thousands of deaths every year.

I don't buy into ordinary conspiracy theories. For the most part, they are used to explain significant events, like 9/11. I don't really need socio-politico explanations to help me deal with the insecurity of "encountering random, unpredictable, or otherwise inexplicable events."

But I do see evidence of an orchestrated effort in the media to de-stigmatize abortion. I consume popular culture as much as anyone, and I have never seen a story-line against abortion. Therefore, there must be concerted manipulation of scripts and stories by an unseen hand.

There is one glaring exception, which proves the rule. In the 2007 movie Juno, the title character approaches an abortion clinic, but waves off after encountering Su-Chin (Valerie Tian) protesting outside the clinic. Su-Chin cries, "All babies want to get borned! All babies want to get borned!"

Juno takes place in an overwhelmingly white Minnesota suburb. Casting one Asian character is meant to signify her status as an outlier. Her illiterate slogan is an attempt to make it easier to further ridicule her as dim-witted, in direct contrast to Juno's quick and clever patois.

What evidence is there on the other side of the media ledger? The first example that comes to mind, is 2008's Revolutionary Road, in which Kate Winslet's April Wheeler dies after getting an abortion. The message? If only abortion were legal, this woman wouldn't have died.

Then, in 2014, the abortion selfie became a thing. In her video, abortion clinic Emily Letts wanted to treasure her "special memory," so she filmed it. The technology exists to film the actual procedure on ultrasound, but that footage probably wound up on the cutting room floor, along with her fetus.

Last month, the Center For Medical Progress began releasing videos incriminating Planned Parenthood in procedures that are morally repulsive. The response from the legacy media has been to ignore them. The likelihood that everybody in the legacy media is merely sympathetic to the pro-choice industry is not enough of an explanation for such widespread indifference. They are getting marching orders, and they are coming right from the top.

Today brings confirmation from Planned Parenthood themselves that they are exercising script control over newsrooms, media outlets and production studios.

Presenting the Maggie Awards. It's Planned Parenthood's annual award ceremony for media excellence.

New for this year, the first ever Global Maggie went to a Ugandan Transgender activist, and the first ever Men's Maggie was awarded to Esquire's John H. Richardson. Planned Parenthood knows the value of operant conditioning for media outlets. This is their version of positive reinforcement. Give the abortionistas their own prom, and hand out cookies.

Hey, Cecile, I have some story lines for you! How about a sitcom in which a young woman unintentionally gets pregnant, with often hilarious results. The title? That Darn Fetus!

More? Remember Glengarry Glen Ross? Instead of real estate sales, it's the story of a group of abortion counselors who need a little motivation to win the monthly sales contest. First prize is a Cadillac. Second prize, a set of forceps. Third prize is your fired.

How about this one? Die Another Day. Emily Letts stars as an abortion counselor who lets one get away. Use an urban montage to fast forward to five years later, and Emily is back to finish the job. This one has a built-in sequel, Die Yet Another Day, in which she finds out it was one of a twin.

One more? Sangerville. This is dystopian sci-fi, set in a future where fetuses can project their images outside the womb and exert total control over the life of the poor slave women, called Expectants. Our time-travelling abortion counselor has to go back in time to defeat the arch-villian, Matriarch, and free all the young women to go on and finish their law degrees. I may be able to get Sarah Silverman to sign on to this project.

I want my Maggie!