The whole thing was obviously light-hearted — about getting your arm stuck in an empty Pringles container. But goodness, an image is powerful. And so are the words stating the relationship. This is a baby, not a clump of cells. And while I assume any pro-life message was unintentional, maybe the grandson saying that an unborn baby with a Pringles container in the womb “doesn’t even make sense” also poked a little fun at the fact that we pretend that a baby isn’t a baby in other contexts — such as when a dead baby is the goal in an abortion.
And then, there was the Rihanna baby bump. Yes, I know parts of the performance were raunchy. Yes, I know you probably didn’t want your children watching it. I even frequently use her song “Rude Boy” as an example of the poison young people drink in in our culture — leading them all too often to unintended pregnancies and abortion. But, at the same time, we cannot dismiss the power of images. Here is a near-household name who is pregnant — with a nine-month-old at home — and still doing a Super Bowl half-time show.
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