MaximusXXX while I agree with your view on abortion, it is neither your place or my place to push our beliefs onto others. Is abortion as birth control wrong? Of course it is, but unless your willing to care for every pregnant and unwanted child in the world you shouldn't be against abortions. As for the movie being ultra liberal, it is, but I think that has a lot to do with having to push so much material into two hours.
In the film we never find out why Larch is so pro-choice, but in the book the one abortion he doesn't give haunts him til death. Before he went to college his father bought him a prostitute in which he used and when he was finished he realized that the prostitute's daughter was watching the whole thing. Years later a woman, which he recognizes as the daughter, comes to him for an abortion which he denies. She goes elsewhere and then shows up again, but this time she's all but dead and has a note tacked on to her, pretty much blaming Larch for not doing the procedure. After this Larch decides that he will give the woman whatever she wants, whether it be God's work (delivery) or the Devil's work (abortion) becuase it's all God's work to him. All of this is crammed into one scene, when the woman dies from her botched abortion from another doctor, so it's obviously not as powerful. Also, in the book Larch would not charge money, but would recommend a donation to the orphanage if they could afford it.
In the book Homer never knew Larch's backstory (just as we didn't in the film) and is against abortion, even though he thinks it should be legalized. In the film we see Homer make several trips in the incinerator but they leave out the most significant one. In the book Homer is making one such trip when a fetus falls to the ground. When Homer sees the facial expression he realizes that the fetur has a "soul" and decides then and there he will never give an abortion or help Larch with one. It take's Rose Rose's incest pregnancy for Homer to finally go through with the procedure which goes against his fundamental beliefs. It is also his belief that if "you are to play God, you can't play God a little," so from that point on he vows to give a woman whatever procedure she wants until abortions are legalized and they can go safely elsewhere.
The book does a much better job with the abortion theme, but Irving obviously had a lot more time, where as the film had to try to jam it down our throats. Homer has the same beliefs as you do MaximusXXX, but he is strong enough to put aside his beliefs in order to "be of use."
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. - The Dude
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