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A few nights ago, Jimmy Kimmel opened his show with a tearful monologue discussing his newborn son, who was born with a rare heart disease and had to undergo an emergency surgery just hours after being born. Kimmel, who is known to be a big family man, was understandably shaken up by the event, shedding a tears on the stage.
Thankfully, after a successful surgery, William John Kimmel is now doing well and is at home with his family. Kimmel shared a picture of the healthy, smiling baby boy, which received a loud applause from the audience.
I always love when celebrities celebrate their wives and kids publicly and I admire Kimmel for sharing about this scary experience in such a vulnerable way. However, while my hope isn’t to downplay any traumatic experiences like Kimmel’s, I can’t help but notice the irony of this situation in relation to the tragedy of abortion.
Kimmel’s story tugged on heartstrings of people around the nation, not necessarily because he’s a celebrity, but because his story is about an innocent life that was in danger. Most everyone can agree that this situation is scary and that the life of a human being is the most valuable thing there is. However, to many, including most celebrities, a baby in his mother’s womb is not a human being at all, but rather a “clump of cells” and a “choice” to be made.
There are only two things that differentiate children like William from babies whose lives are ended in their mothers’ wombs – their location and the fact that they were wanted.
This contradiction is glaring and disheartening. How could these two things possibly change the value of a life so drastically?
The answer? They don’t. At all.
The irony only continues. After telling his story, Kimmel uses his experience as a platform to discuss a political issue – no, surprisingly not abortion or the value of life even at an early stage of development. Instead, in response to President Trump’s promise to repeal Obamacare, he chose to discuss healthcare.
(Newsbusters.org) In his baby announcement earlier this week, a late night host slipped in a pro-life message.
During his show Monday evening, Jimmy Kimmel revealed that he and wife Molly McNearney are expecting baby number two together.
Kimmel began Jimmy Kimmel Live! by announcing that he will host the 89th Academy Awards ceremony in February. He added, “Also, another thing I wanted to mention, my wife is hosting a baby inside her body. So that’s exciting.”
That’s right, a “baby.” Not a “bunch of cells” nor a “cavity,” as some in the liberal media would have Americans believe. Video below.
“We went and got the ultrasound — which is weird, ‘cause you’re spying on the baby, the baby doesn’t know, already you’re spying on the baby — but we asked the technician not to tell us whether we’re having a boy or a girl. Our plan is to let the child decide for itself,” Kimmel joked. “We want it to be a surprise, but I have been trying to think of names that would work for a boy or a girl. So far, I’ve come up with two: number one, ‘Dyson’ after the vacuum or ‘Gelatin’ with a ‘j’. No? That’s exactly what my wife said.”
Besides the new baby, Kimmel and McNearney have a two-year-old toddler (Jane). Kimmel also has two older children (Katie and Kevin) from his first marriage.
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at Newsbusters.org on December 8, 2016, and is reprinted here with permission.
