"Unbelievably sick" in that you really shouldn't believe it. Because it's not true. But unfortunately, not everyone got the memo. TheOnion.com strikes again:
Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex
"The Abortionplex's high-tech machinery is capable of terminating one pregnancy every three seconds," Richards added. "That's almost a million abortions every month. We're so thrilled!"
The 900,000-square-foot facility has more than 2,000 rooms dedicated to the abortion procedure. The abundance of surgical space, Richards said, will ensure that women visiting the facility can be quickly fitted into stirrups without pausing to second-guess their decision or consider alternatives such as adoption. Hundreds of on-site counselors are also available to meet with clients free of charge and go over the many ways that carrying a child to term will burden them and very likely ruin their lives.
The remaining space is dedicated to amenities such as coffee shops, bars, dozens of restaurants and retail outlets, a three-story nightclub, and a 10-screen multiplex theater—features intended not only to help clients relax, but to foster a sense of community and make abortion more of a social event.
Cue Religious Wrong hysteria.
Abortion, by its very nature, isn't exactly a laughing matter. But the right-wing's anti-abortion freakout is so over-the-top, it's brought comedy into the discussion. Think about how twisted that is. There's now a comical side to abortion.
And, lest anyone think the right-wing insanity is harmless, check out an excerpt from "Jesus Camp". It really saddens me to see kids whipped into a frenzy that way. I got indoctrinated as a kid with romantic notions of Israel, and I'm not happy about that. But this clip is about a million times worse than anything I experienced.
But back to The Onion's coup of a story. If and when you encounter more silly reactions to it, please post them in the comments! In today's world, we all need a laugh. Peace.