Bumble, a dating app with a long history of promoting abortion, is paying for a series of screenings to be shown throughout Texas of a pro-abortion propaganda film produced by Jennifer Lawrence, Hillary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton.
Earlier this month, “Zurawski vs. Texas” was announced, ostensibly telling the story of a ‘cruel‘ Texas pro-life law and three of the women who sued to overturn it. The entire film is based on a massive lie: that Texas’ pro-life law bans something other than the intentional killing of preborn children.
The movie, and the headlines which inspired it, are based on sensationalism and mistruths. The woman named in the title of the movie, Amanda Zurawski, had cervical insufficiency (also called incompetent cervix) and preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM)… neither of which are typically treated by induced abortion (which intentionally ends the life of the preborn child).
At 18 weeks pregnant, when her water broke, Zurawski said doctors sent her home, telling her there was nothing that could be done because of the pro-life laws in Texas. This is patently false; there are numerous treatments and interventions which can take place for these conditions. A cerclage, for example, is often used for incompetent cervix. This is a stitch that can keep the cervix closed and allows the baby to potentially stay in the womb until he or she reaches a gestational age that has a better chance of surviving outside of the womb. With PPROM, the treatment is expectant management: watching and waiting for signs of infection, which are treated with antibiotics. If need be, the baby would be delivered early, which is exactly what Zurawski admitted happened to her daughter, Willow.
A second trimester abortion procedure, which typically takes several days, is not the recommended treatment for either an incompetent cervix or PPROM.
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The film also shares the stories of Austin Dennard and Samantha Casiano, which both involved anencephaly, a condition in which the brain, skull, and scalp of the preborn baby are missing, exposing the child’s brain to amniotic fluid. Most children diagnosed with anencephaly are not able to survive long if they make it to birth, though in some rare occasions, they do. But intentional killing by induced abortion is not necessary for anencephaly, as the condition it is not dangerous in any way to the mother. Induced abortion intentionally kills a preborn child through a violent procedure, rather than allowing the child to pass peacefully and naturally.
Bumble paid to have a special screening of the movie in Austin, Texas, as well as free showings at Alamo Drafthouse theaters around the country. “The distribution landscape for documentaries is clearly in a moment of flux—but that just means we all need to be a little more entrepreneurial in terms of how our films find their way to audiences,” Blye Pagon Faust, a producer with Story Force Entertainment, told the Hollywood Reporter. Story Force Entertainment was one of several production companies — alongside Hillary and Chelsea Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions and Lawrence’s Excellent Cadaver — to bankroll the movie.
This is not the first time Bumble has spent money promoting abortion. Previously, Bumble and Match, another dating app, allocated funds to pay for abortion. Another dating app, Tinder, partnered with Planned Parenthood to create a t-shirt which was debuted during a fashion show at New York Fashion Week, and donated $25,000 to the nation’s top abortion business.
Tinder also partnered with the controversial Kinsey Institute to commission a study which found that “87% of daters said their attitude and behavior in dating changed” after Roe v. Wade fell — the results of which are likely exactly why so many dating apps are invested in keeping abortion legal and accessible.
“We see what this does to connection. We are seeing the repercussions of what happens in these states where access to abortion is gone,” Melissa Hobley, the Chief Marketing Officer for Tinder, said. “And we’re pissed, we’re worried, we’re empathetic.”
People worried about unwanted pregnancies are less likely to be interested in casual sex, which means fewer hook-ups, and less profit for dating apps like Bumble, Match, and Tinder.
