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When they asked Hailey about choosing between her baby and Jason I think what they were getting at was, What if she ended up wanting to keep the baby and he didn’t? What if keeping it would mean their relationship breaking down? I don’t think she was ready to grasp what they meant, but Jason totally got it and looked pretty uncomfortable I thought.
I do think it’s totally wrong that the law as it stands gives the father no rights at all. If he wants to keep the baby but the mother chooses abortion, he can’t do anything about it – yet if he wants an abortion and she chooses to keep it, he’s legally obligated to support the child. Surely that’s just not fair? If it’s all up to the mother, why should the father have to take any responsibility at all? And if he does have a responsibility, how can he have no say in the outcome?
Codos to you for your comments! I hope we as women will mature in our thinking. We chose to get sexually involved with a man, (takes two to make a baby), then we want to have it both ways. Decisions are all mine, you get no say, but if I keep this baby, get out your wallet for the next 18 years minimum.
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It seems that Hailey has never seen a ultrasound before or she never seen a ultersound of her own babies before that was realy neate to see her face when she seen her baby and herd the hart beat i thank it gave her a lot to thank about.and she realy needs to get some time to her self she is way to needy of Jason.
I’m very interested in seeing how Jason reacts to the ultrasound too. When my husband and I saw our first son’s ultrasound, it was life-changing for us, but we were married and so wanted this baby. Of course, if Jason wants this baby from that moment, it may take away what could end up being a massive conflict and not force Hailey to be her own self. At the same time, maybe with seeing the baby for the first time (and I’m guessing she aborted her other babies before she had a chance to see them), she’ll realize that she needs to be her own person in order to be the best mom she can be. I don’t think Jason is necessarily a bad person, but that both need to grow up and realize that once the going gets tough, it’s not going to be all fun and games and they’re going to have to push through those rough times in order to come out better people.
MEN — are you still with this? PLEASE READ THIS!! — I just checked out the “behind the scenes blog section” There are some wonderful stories there that I”m not sure made it too this particular comment board (especially the lucy/anne stories in blog Jan 21). All interested parties should go back and check them out. But anyway my real concern.
I read all the blogs in all the sections and this really hit me hard.
I want to personally APOLOGIZE to you MEN who have taken interest in this and made comments. I think many, myself included, have been extremely short sided and insensitve to your issues! Many of your comments have been the best.
First off the baby isn’t just hers, like one had the nerve to blog. I am also sorry that the male characters Buzz/Jason are both been portrayed as jerks! Only consolation is that it looks like they may have Jason’s character turn shortly,(maybe). Nobody likes Jason (he has obviously done his job very well), but this is not a fair representation to all the relationships with loving men, or even not so loving, but who want their baby, who want a say in that independant life that they helped create. According to the blogs, many times you aren’t even informed about the death of your own child.
LADIES how much responsibilty are you willing to bear for the mans devastation! I say part of that morale compass requires you to recognize it isn’t just all about you – and not just your body — and what you want to do with it. You chose to involve another person. It may well be a man who supports you and helps you heal in life, (go back and read the blogs)
It did appear to me that there are less comments by men in more recent episodes, (some i.d.’s don’t show the gender) but I SINCERELY HOPE you haven’t just cut out. In your shoes, I might have, by now. Please don’t!
Some of us women recognize you and know how vital you are in our own lives.
One telling thing was the question they asked Haley about choosing between the baby and Jason. As a father of two, I would have expected Jason to realize that this question was more for him. If a father is not willing to lay down his life for his child, he is more a biological contributor of DNA than a father. He doesn’t seem to have much vested in the baby. Just my opinion.
This is my favorite episode so far! I feel like I’m seeing more of the characters and less of the actors – props to the writers, actors, and the rest of the crew.
I can’t wait to see Jason’s reaction to the ultrasound. Honestly, when I had my ultrasound before my daughter was born (she was born 5 weeks ago), it had a greater impact on my husband than me. I knew there were changes in my body, although most of them were uncomfortable, like the nausea and weight gain. My husband just the evidence of the pregnancy test, but once he saw the ultrasound, I think it became much more real to him. I required a few more months, even after the ultrasound, before I started to realize I was carrying a growing baby. Still, there’s truly no way of understanding what a pregnancy is until that baby comes out and looks you in the eye.
It seemed like Jason was upset that they had started the ultrasound without him. Maybe he didn’t want Hailey or himself to be confronted with information that could tip their decision toward keeping the baby. After all, that’s what an ultrasound is – information, an audiovisual of what’s occurring in the womb. The producers did say they wanted to give the girls all the information before they made their decision, so asking them to see an ultrasound is fair game.
You should have stories following women after their abortions. Yes, outline their initial relief but also the following feelings of remorse, regret and emptiness…. the pain they feel when they see all the commercials with babies in them, the guilt they feel when they hear friends discussing their children and the ultimate pain when they meet their future children and realize that a sibling is missing.
The series isn’t over yet… but even if the videos don’t portray those stories, some women on this website have.
And some women have clearly stated they did not regret the decision to terminate as it was the best choice for them. I think if the show is going to continue in that manner they should show all sides. And show the regret, remorse, and pain associated with adoption. Many women regret that decision too. And show the woman who did not terminate and kept the baby and is happy. And show the woman who did not terminate and kept the baby and regrets it. All these cases happen every day…
I love the way this brings up important topics that we rarely realize are a part of abortion. What are the thoughts and feelings of women who find themselves in this situation? It is so much more than a choice… Bump has done an amazing job of bringing you into the lives of these women, and seeing what they really go through.
I can see where Haley is coming from, afraid to see but when you do it is real. You may have all of these notions in your mind about a baby that you can not see or feel but once you even see it on ultrasound or hear a heart beat everything changes… You’re like wow, there really is a person inside of me. I think the boyfriend is lame but it is so typical of younger guys to think that the world revolves around them and what they want… maybe not just younger guys but young adults in general. Maybe a reality check and a reason to grow up would do him some good.
As far as the army wife goes, give her a break. It happens, Ive been cheated on and I’ve been the mistress. Sometimes the best “husbands” are only so good because they feel guilty about a seceret. We are people and we make mistakes and we learn from them, hopefully. Some people dont cheat but they make other mistakes or have their own secerets… some secerets are harder to hide than others. Let the person without sin cast the first stone;some consiquences are easier to hide than others.
I dont know where I stand on the concept of abortion. I have 4 children, and I am a single mom, and a college student, and I tutor at the college. My situation is harder than most, and I dont think that I would have chosen to be this way when I said what I wanted to be when I grow up;at the same time, Ive learned more than I thought I ever would and I am grateful. The decisions that these women make are hard; In one hand you have your freedom and the oppertunity to “choose” to do things. although you may have guilt the rest of your life, and in the other you have the pregnancy.. the looks, the touches, the doctor visits, and the birth. Then, either the hard decision to give the baby up for adoption or to make a lifetime commitment, “for better or wose” to the child. Who would want to be in that situation? (other than “happily married people planning pregnancy)
I think that these webisodes are an awesome idea to get people thinking. I am not for or 100% against abortion but I love things like this that make people consider others position. Some of the comments seem to be by people on a “high horse” but others are really thinking. What I take from this is “Think for yourself, make your own decisions, and be prepared for the consiquences.” Nicely done!
I think this show is ridiculous. Clearly it is biased, why are they making the women get an ultrasound, it should be an option and not a requirement. And I do not see how manipulating Hailey into starting the ultrasound without Jason does anything for her. I also thinking that characterizing Hailey’s pregnancy as a baby when asked about choosing between the “baby and Jason” is ridiculous. I have a baby, which was a planned, wanted pregnancy and I cannot imagine if someone asked that question in my pregnancy, let alone if I was feeling ambivalent about the pregnancy and right after they manipulated me into an ultrasound without by significant other. Obviously the producers have a pro-life agenda, but that seems to work, because almost everyone who has posted on here also has that agenda. Also, as for Hailey “using abortion as birth control” maybe if we taught medically accurate sex education in school, Hailey would have had better control over her past reproductive history.
I think the producer’s role in this is more like a typical pot stirring producer on your every day reality show. I happen to work in reality TV and this kind of behavoir is more than common to create an “interesting” story. While they may have a pro-life agenda, I really think it has more to do with getting a reaction out of Hailey than anything else.
I’m pro choice and while the pro life side definitely out weights the pro choice in this dialogue, I think if you’ll dig a little deeper through the comments you’ll see great points being made for both sides.
I am proudly pro-choice as it is not my place to decide for anyone what is best for them. I did not know that one could not be pro-choice and a mother…that would probably surprise a lot of women. If anything having been pregnant and now being a mother has made me more pro-choice then before.
I think that they are claiming to not be on either side. And no until the fetus is viable and born and breathes it is not technically a “baby”. Hence the fact that abortion in the United States is legal.
I am glad that I made the choices I did, which was use responsible birth control until me and my husband were ready to conceive our adorable son. But who am I to say what is right for other women. I do not think anyone should be forced to have an ultrasound before she aborts that is ridiculous, there is no medical reason for it AND at the same time I don’t think any woman who wants an ultrasound before she makes that decision should be refused one for any reason (including unable to afford it). I think the best thing is for each woman facing a difficult decision like this is to look to herself and her doctor (hopefully an unbiased one) and anyone else she feels she needs to consult before making this difficult decision. I cannot imagine being in this position, but unfortunately I have known women who have had to make this horrible decision and both those pregnancies were wanted (one was a fatal defect with the fetus discovered at 20 weeks-non kidneys and the other was first trimester because of the mother needing life saving hysterectomy). Women need to be able to make the right choice for themselves, whether that is to abort, carry to term and adopt, or raise the child. I support all decisions that are made by women.
If there is one thing I think everyone can agree with it is that we want to minimize the number of abortions that take place, and in the US the number generally keeps going down. If we focus on giving young people medically accurate comprehensive sex education and access to appropriate birth control, I think we would she that number decrease even further.
It’s funny though, in reading the comments it seems pretty common that most pro lifers find the show too pro choice and vice versa. I’m pro choice myself and also a mother so I get where you’re coming from. I hope the show remains neutral, I think if they really want this conversation to be beneficial it should, but how can we know until the end I guess.
“Making” the women get an ultrasound? If abortion is a choice, one would think that women would want to make the most informed choice possible. Having them see the unborn baby on an ultrasound is part of being properly informed about what they’re choosing, isn’t it?
Ironically, Anon, though you call for “medically accurate sex education in school,” you seem to be ok with women making decisions based on medical ignorance when it comes to abortion.
I don’t think not getting an ultrasound makes you ignorant of the situation. I know the earth is round, even though when I perceive the earth it is flat. I think that if a woman does not want an ultrasound she should not be forced into it, that goes for women who want to CTT or not.
I know many women who refused the first trimester screen ultrasound, because they did not want it and that is their right. Just like it should be a woman’s right to refuse an ultrasound if she has decided to terminate. People make decisions about what medical tests they want done everyday. The point is that the ultrasound should be available for EVERY pregnant woman and then we should TRUST that each woman will make the RIGHT decision for herself.
Hi Anon, I think Dani’s observation in the comment above is the best way to explain why the women are having an ultrasound in this show. It’s a reality show format, and so the women probably would have agreed to the conditions for the show before they even interviewed to be on it. In the context of the reality show story, the show was going to follow all 3 women through 4 weeks of their pregnancy while they make a decision. Even the doctor pointed out to one of the women in a previous episode that the purpose of being on the show was to make a decision. So, it makes sense in that context that they are being asked provocative questions and that things like occupying Hailey’s boyfriend while she starts the ultrasound are in the show.
FYI, I don’t know if this is a legal matter or clinic-specific, but the clinic I went to requires you to have an ultrasound if you choose to abort. It is up to the woman if she wants to see the ultrasound or not. The ultrasound is NOT so the woman can “make a more informed decision”, it is for the doctor to confirm how far along in the pregnancy the she is, if she has an eptopic pregnancy, ect. I was not forced to view an ultrasound, but asked.
Amber,
how can this show stay neutral? I mean at the end of this show their will be three decisions made, and of those decisions they are going to be abortion or no abortion… so unless all three get an abortion or all three don’t get an abortion then the show isn’t going to remain neutral. That’s what makes this conversation so hard because many woman face decisions like this everyday and yet no one wants to “tell them whats right” well in reality woman need help and someone to turn to. I love how Hailey and Katie are talking to each other because they really need someone (both of them) to talk to.
This episode was by far my favorite The long takes on Hailey’s eyes during the ultrasounds really got the point across in my opinion. It was almost like they were forcing Hailey to understand what was truly going on.
I have also been wondering why Katie can’t just give up her child for adoption. It has always puzzled me why people never seem to consider this option.Sure the mother will have to be pregnant for 9 months but after she can give the child to a family who would want and love it and the birth mother can go on with her life. I think that is probably Katie’s best option at this point since she doesn’t want to have an abortion or keep the child.
Right now with Katie, it’s not so much with her deciding if she wants to be a mother or not. It’s more about her revealing the truth to her husband. It’s not his baby; it’s someone else’s. I think she feels like she betrayed him in the most horrible sense, and she is afraid of not only breaking his heart, but of losing him as well.
What I cannot understand is if she has a wonderful husband who is overseas, why would she want to have relations with another man? If he is everything that she could ever want in a man, how would having sex with another make her fulfilled? I think this is a question every person across the world has to ask themselves. How much of yourself are you commiting to your partner when you stand before that altar with your wedding bands? Fidelity in marriage is at a huge crisis today, and it is time we should stop relishing over the option of divorce and put some real effort in loving our spouses.
I feel for Katie. I know that cheati8ng is wwrong, but when your lover is so far away, in past wars it wasn’t uncommon for women to go looking for another mate. Something about the psychology of a woman who though her man was going to die in battle anyways, or something like that. And now she has all of this to deal with. I love children and babies, as I’m sure someone like Katie does, but this child would not be brought into a healthy relationship. Mothers and fathers have treated children horribly when they were the result of a cheating or suspected cheating, or any kind of “accident” or during a fall out. I should know. My father treated my horribly when I was a young child because he thought I was the product of my mom’s ex-husband. No, I wasn’t. The divorce was shortly after my mom met my dad and they married AFTER I was born (evangelicals, don’t judge me, I’m not a bastard child and I love my parents). But I know how hard that is to deal with. If I weren’t born, I would have nothing to regret. Obviously, I’m glad to be alive today, but I can understand if my mom had decided to get into an abortion and rebuild her life. My parents would never have married if it weren’t for me. As I’ve said, I’m grateful. i have a beautiful little sister (diabetic, who may need to have an abortion someday if an accident occurs because pregnancy can cause her kidneys and liver to fail), and also an adorable little brother.
So, I can’t judge Katie for cheating, and if she were my friend, I would encourage her to break up with or sever all ties with the bloke she cheated with, have the abortion to wash away the shame, and start to contanct her loved one overseas again via letter or however so that when he gets back, hopefully they can have a child together then. I think AFTER she has the abortion, that SOMEDAY she will have to confess to everything, but not right away.
As for Hailey, I love her. I can’t stand her controlling bf, who seems like he is sweet and involved at first, but he is really just a pain in the ass. I think she would be a great mother, I can see the love and fascination in her eyes for that baby, and I hope she makes the decision that makes her happiest. Although I feel that no child should have to be without a father, her bf really needs to shape up. There are programs that help continue an education while being a mom, if that’s what she wants, but I think that she’ll really need her bf in the end (if only he’d start being the way she needs him to be right now).
Denice, J’teme! Really, I love you. She is going through such a hard time right now, and her childish ways, although probably due to the abuse she’s been through, could simply be her personality. She reminds me of my little sister sooo much. I really hope she doesn’t need to abort, because it’s not like she hates the PREGNANCY, her life is sooo messed up right now. She’s also a good mom, and I hope she gets her family the help that they/she needs. My heart breaks for her.
I also agree with what a few other people have said, to have the results be a mixture of different options chosen for each of them, best suited for their situation. I trust the writers to have good judgement there.
I’m trying to understand your way of thinking. You say having an abortion would “wipe away her shame”? Do you mean public shame? Like her growing belly would be like the girl who had to wear the “A” for adultry in The Scarlet Letter? I suppose she could hide her adultry from the world that way. But it wouldn’t wipe away her private shame. And on top of that would be piled guilt from her abortion. Even you admit that someday she would need to confess everything. Do you really think she could pretend like nothing happened and have the same relationship with her husband? Could she really hide all this from everyone? She seems extreemly stressed, like she really needs someone to come along beside her and tell her it is going to be ok. I suppose this is how most girls feel when facing an unplanned pregnancy. The advice they get will probably depend on what type of clinic they go to. Many crisis pregnancy clinics give advice from a Christian perspective. I would love to see Katie walk through the doors of the clinic in my town. She would be loved and cared for and helped. She would not be told that abortion is the easy quick fix to her problem.
I’ve actually been to one of those Crisis Pregnancy “clinics”. They were brutal with me. I was testing the waters and told them that I was a few weeks pregnant (even though I wasn’t -as far as I knew-, I wanted to see what they were about) and that I was considering an abortion. The man I was talking to thrusted a baby doll in my hand and a pair of scissors and told me to “cut up the doll, because that is what murdering a fetus is like” and also insulted me and told me that I wasn’t fit to be a mother anyways, and that I was pre-meditating murder. He was yelling at me! The guy was a lunatic! One of the women came in, I thought she was going to take him out and hand me over to somebody else, but he told her my ’situation’ and she started yelling at me too! She repeated that I don’t deserve the gift I was given and that I would make a terrible mother.
Would you call this loving and caring?
Maybe of the “baby”, from your perspective, but it wasn’t loving nor caring towards me, their “patient”.
And I hope you know that these “clinics” have no medical credentials. I saw a lot of christians in those nifty medical white robes, but I didn’t see any documents/certificates, and I sure as hell didn’t see any doctors! The advertisement for the clinic didn’t even warn me that the place was run by and for christians, not someone like me!
Dear KPH, your comments give Christians a lot of food for thought. Your comment above “evangelicals, don’t judge me” and your description of a supposedly Christian Crisis Pregnancy clinic speak volumes about the way some Christians distort the loving, caring, compassionate message that Jesus left us as our heritage.
Christians who may be reading, we need to scrutinize our behavior and ask ourselves if we are really reflecting the image of Jesus to the world!
Let me give this analogy: I am a Roman Catholic sister who wears a habit (eggshell blue and white). In the 1950’s, it was common both in Catholic and public schools to use corporal punishment (the “ruler”) for discipline. You cannot imagine how many people come up to me and start talking about being hit with rulers by sisters more than 50 years ago! The un-Christian behavior of those who are supposed to be representing our faith in Jesus has effects that carry on for generations.
KPH, please know there are crisis pregnancy clinics out there that are truly good and caring. With all my heart I apologize to you for the horrible ways you have been treated by those who share my faith: for the judgments, the insults, the belittling–everything. You obviously have put a lot of time, care and thought into this issue long before Bump came around to share it. Your point about the behavior of some pro-life people is well taken, and it is something we pro-life people need to evaluate and change. Otherwise, we are adding to the problem instead of helping.
Have an abortion to “wash away the shame”? I guess this is what made since to me 2 years ago after I told my husband I was pregnant by his “friend”. My abortion DID NOT “wash away my shame”. It only added more shame, more pain, more guilt. I felt like I was walking around holding a sign that read “ATTENTION NOT ONLY DID I CHEAT ON MY HUSBAND BUT 7 WEEKS LATER I KILLED MY OWN CHILD”. As for Hailey, after all her talk about not regretting her past abortions, I think her eyes told another story when she saw the US!
That’s your perspective, but I didn’t se guilt…
I saw adoration for the NEW baby, which was only possible to concieve in the TIME that she did (making the current combination of gametes what they are, and not a different pair)… the current pregnancy is possible because of her past abortions.
I think Hailey could make a great mother if she goes through with it.
I really liked this episode. At one point Katie almost made me cry.
I really feel for her. You guys touched on SUCH an important issue; their outer world. How will everyone react- and WHY DO WE ALL CARE?? I remember personally when i stopped caring about what everyone else thought and started caring about myself. It was hard but everyday I starting realizing that MY opinion is what effects me , NOT anyone else. Also, with Hailey- wow. I mean you can just see in her eyes fear,love and anxiety. Something another comment said I REALLY want to reiterate. I think if the show is going to be real they need to really show both ends. Really talk to them about how they feel their lives would be after abortion, maybe bring in an adoption counselor, and then talk to them about how they really could be a mother to that child. I just think in crisis you start thinking crazy thoughts and someone needs to be there to sort them all out.
Katie said “honesty is the best thing” or something like that. Then she added, but honesty will cause my family pain. Actually, fooling around is what caused the pain. She needs to own up to her actions that would have caused pain even if she had not become pregnant. But now she is pregnant and trying to go it alone. She should take some of her own advice. She should tell the father that she is carrying his baby, tell her husband that she fooled around, and tell her parents who will be there for her even if her husband leaves her and the father leaves her in the lurch too. Yes, there will be pain. But she won’t have to bear the burden all alone. It reminds me of my friend whose girlfriend broke up with him abruptly. Then nine months later he was told she had given birth, he was the father, and asked to sign adoption papers. He took the baby home and became a single dad. The boy is 18 now, I think.
And I like to see that Hailey absorbed the import of the ultrasound. I think that is very realistic, especially if she had never seen one before. I wonder how it affected Jason? I think it did affect him, and maybe he is fighting within himself because his preconcieved notion going into this may be changing. I wonder what is running through his head now that he has seen his baby?
I found this episode surprisingly interesting. I think it’s smart that the producers are showing the ultrasounds, I think it would also be good for the women to get adoption counceling. The thing I have a problem with, with this show is what will it accomplish??? People talking about abortion? We all do that. Showing the reasons why a person would contemplate abortion, we all know that as well. It still doesn’t change the FACT that a person is being murdered, for another person’s ‘freedom of choice.’ And please explain why ‘freedom of choice’ only pertains to the unborn?
I am with you Anna – still trying to figure out what the point of this “experiment” is. You stated it all very well, no need to say it again.
The point is that there are different sides to every story. Yes we have all heard of abortion and have had debates about it, but not everyone who has an opinion on it has actually had a situation where abortion was a serious option for them. I think by showing the different stories of these three women, people are seeing what all goes into the decision and how to make the best one for their own situation.
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Anna, I think the real value here is that people are really making efforts to try to walk in one another’s shoes and to understand where other people are coming from. This experiment dispels the myth that to understand another person’s point of view is the same as agreeing with that point of view.
Read through the comments and you will find people who disagree really listening to one another and treating one another with respect. “Respect” is an important word to pro-life people. We want others to “Respect” the life of the unborn. Well, we have to start by Respecting the people out there even if we disagree with them.
Best episode yet. I’m really intruguied by the Hailey story (less importantly I’m really enjoying this actress) and I’m glad we’re finally learning more about her. She was the most baffling of the three women and her situation is starting to become clear, especially pertaining to the relationship with Jason. Seems as though some cracks are starting to show.
I don’t have a problem with the audio – sounds fine to me.
I think I like Katie mainly because her acting is the best of all of them. She is very believable. The couple are too much drama and a bit too childish to me (then again, I’m 45, so perhaps that’s why).
I liked this episode. But I’m still a skeptic of the overall project.
We don’t know the Army Wife’s complete story yet, just like we are only now learning more about Haley.
You have recaptured my interest by creating an episode that leaves me unsure! Where most stories become predictable, what is Jason thinking? To NOT be able to read him is most intriguing. Haley has basically used abortion as birth control in the past, and yet, has she never seen the human growing in her before? I do prefer watching these two verses the military wife. I’m finding her character to be too much drama queen. It takes my attention away from her real issues.
I still wish these were longer.
I have no problem whatsoever with the sound quality – perhaps that is a personal computer adjustment need.
Here is a thought… maybe it would be a good idea to make the videos open captioned for each of the episodes, not only would it make the whole concept accessible to the hard of hearing/Deaf, but it would help the hearing understand the dialog better since the audio is so… inaudible.
Thank you!