Seinfeld was a TV show and exaggeration of reality, and the protagonists were giant pieces of shit, as evident by the series finale.
But yes, it was joking about a growing trend. A trend that has existed on some level since the dawn of time, but my point is that it’s been accelerated and amplified to a degree that hasn’t existed in the past. I know, I am from the past.
I disagree. I remember the 90s, and not only was abortion a very hot topic, but IVF was fairly new then, and there was enormous debate over whether it was ethical or should be outlawed because the religious right argued (vehemently) that, because it necessarily means many fertilised embryos were destroyed in the process, ‘babies’ were being killed. The ‘life begins at conception’ argument was in full force back then.
Not only were abortion clinics being bombed on the regular, but fertility clinics, too. It seemed rare for a while that you could go a week without hearing about a fertility-related doctor being killed in some way, sometimes in their own homes. Given the vitriol in the past few years, I’ve been surprised they’re not trying to outlaw IVF again (I think it’s only a matter of time).
The debate has been heated lately, but we haven’t hit 90s level of murder over it.
Seinfeld was a TV show and exaggeration of reality, and the protagonists were giant pieces of shit, as evident by the series finale.
But yes, it was joking about a growing trend. A trend that has existed on some level since the dawn of time, but my point is that it’s been accelerated and amplified to a degree that hasn’t existed in the past. I know, I am from the past.
I disagree. I remember the 90s, and not only was abortion a very hot topic, but IVF was fairly new then, and there was enormous debate over whether it was ethical or should be outlawed because the religious right argued (vehemently) that, because it necessarily means many fertilised embryos were destroyed in the process, ‘babies’ were being killed. The ‘life begins at conception’ argument was in full force back then.
Not only were abortion clinics being bombed on the regular, but fertility clinics, too. It seemed rare for a while that you could go a week without hearing about a fertility-related doctor being killed in some way, sometimes in their own homes. Given the vitriol in the past few years, I’ve been surprised they’re not trying to outlaw IVF again (I think it’s only a matter of time).
The debate has been heated lately, but we haven’t hit 90s level of murder over it.