Do shows like MTV’s 16 and Pregnant glamorize teen pregnancy and abortion? Some critics say Yes while others say “No”.
Tonight MTV will air an episode featuring young couple Markai and James, both of whom were once featured on a season 2 of 16 and Pregnant:
Markai Durham blogs about her new MTV show ‘No Easy Decision,’ which centers on her decision to abort her pregnancy.
After chronicling her ups and downs as a teen mom on MTV’s wildly successful reality show 16 & Pregnant, Markai Durham will take viewers with her as she decides to abort her second pregnancy in a special episode on the network called No Easy Decision.
In advance of the show’s Tuesday premiere, Durham opened up about the controversy surrounding the show on her Facebook page.
“My motive for this episode is to not say ‘hey look at me I got pregnant again.’ But to encourage you all to stand up for each other. To respect one another to feel each other’s sympathy and pain. One thing we can all agree on is no one is pro-abortion! (no one with a heart at least) No one wants to have an abortion or even go through this type of procedure,” Durham wrote Read More.
MTV will air it’s special episode, “No Easy Decision”, tonight at 11:30 p.m.
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