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  I think this is a step too far - from the USA.
  
  The Web-docuseries called The Bump and it is being described by one source as "Jerry Springer meets Oprah meets American Idol meets . . . America's conscience."
  
  Each week, a new pregnant woman in a different life circumstance will be presented to the viewers. At the end of the episode, the viewers will decide whether she keeps the baby...or whether she has an abortion. The "pregnant" women are not really with child. They are all just actors. The idea of the show supposedly came to the executive producers after President Barack Obama's commencement address at Notre Dame University last year. He said something that really resonated with the creators of The Bump. Barack said he wanted "to find ways to communicate about a workable solution to the problem of unintended pregnancies."
  
  The creators of The Bump hope the show can "humanise" the debate over abortions by presenting different circumstances to people who have perhaps never considered before constructing their opinion on the subject. Examples of the episodes include a woman who is married but got pregnant after her husband's departure to Iraq, a victim of domestic violence and another woman who just wants to be on a TV show!
  
  The pilot episode premiered yesterday and can be viewed on the show's website as well as YouTube. Viewers are encouraged to comment and discuss each episode in length, though the comments will be monitored "to ensure civility."
  This is one hell of social experiment.

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