Songs about abortion S/D

These also come to mind but are probably more about unplanned pregnancy generally:

Madonna - "Papa Don't Preach"
Dizzee Rascal - "Jezebel"

on "suicidal thoughts" notorious says he bets his mom wishes she had an abortion.that's another great track, but it's not really *about* abortion i suppose.

"Romeo and Juliet, the doctor and his case, without a plan they left the van and there were laid to waste...
The priest was there with sandy hair, religion by his side, he saw his law was broken, the punishment was applied."

their tiny hands
their tiny feet
such little hearts
to miss a beat

Googling cames up with this lot

This was the first 7" I ever bought. For some reason.

Classic, classic, classic.

And then there's "I Shot the Sheriff", sorta: "Every time I plant a seed/He say, 'Kill it before it grow'"

Also "You Should be Ashamed" by Gallon Drunk

Apparently I was the only kid who knew what it was about and the 'DJs' were sick bastards.

Don't really know if it about abortions though.

I THOUGHT YOU WHERE A FAT CHICK
THEN I REALIZED YOU WHERE PREGNANT
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF YOUR BABY DIED
SO I KICKED YOU IN THE STOMACH

I KICKED YOU, YOUR BABY'S DEAD
I KICKED YOU, YOUR BABY'S DEAD
I KICKED YOU, YOUR BABY'S DEAD
HA HA HA YOUR BABY'S DEAD

THERE WHERE NO STAIRS TO THROW YOU DOWN
THERE WAS NO ROOF TO THROUGH YOU OFF
THERE WAS NO COAT HANGERS AROUND
SO I KICKED YOU IN THE STOMACH

I KICKED YOU, YOUR BABY'S DEAD
I KICKED YOU, YOUR BABY'S DEAD
I KICKED YOU, YOUR BABY'S DEAD
HA HA HA YOUR BABY'S DEAD

Yup.

Agnostic Front complains about poor Latino girls getting "free abortions" in "Public Assistance."

Livin' Thing Lyrics

Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & sliding
It's magic

CHORUS
And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, ohhh higher and higher baby,
It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose.

I'm takin' a dive. (echo)

Making believe this is what you've conceived
From your worst day, I'm takin a dive
Moving in line when you look back in time
Tothe first day, I'm taken I'm taken

And you and your sweet desire,
Don't you do it , don't you do it,
Taking me ohh,higher and higher baby
It's a living thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose,
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose

I'm takin a dive.

Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide
Floating downstream, I'm takin a dive
So let her go don't start spoiling the show
It's a bad dream, I'm taken , I'm taken

And you and your sweet desire
Don't you do it , don't you do it
Taking me higher and higher baby

It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose.(x2)

...And all her people treatin’ her just like they never knowed her
Lord, the winter’s passin’ slow in rapid city, south dakota...

my girls on the pill, so I can drill, and I don't have to kill, and unborn child, because that's buck wild.

Sure to be a hell of a lot more songs down the road...

I only became aware of this album just now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJkB33JQfe4

"Released in 1993 on Rykodisc. It was released as a benefit album, with proceeds going to support NARAL, the Brooklyn Women's Anti-Rape Exchange, and Women's Health Action and Mobilization."

Chilling to hear the cover of the Beatles' "She Said She Said" in this context, specifically "She said / 'I know what it's like to be dead'"

whoa

the lineup is very ryko, iykwim. does that mean all of those songs are about abortion in this context?

Dog Faced Hermans - Keep Your Laws/Off My Body

https://genius.com/Dog-faced-hermans-keep-your-laws-off-my-body-lyrics

xp most of them are (or are related to the causes they benefit), but something like the Tom Waits song that later appeared on Mule Variations seems to be unrelated.

Honorary mention to U2 and "I Will Follow", which soundtracks the abortion scene in The Last American Virgin.

Arrested Development - Warm Thoughts

Surprised no-ones mentioned perhaps the most famous anti-abortion tune of all time, 'Murder she wrote' by Chaka Demus & Pliers.

Everlast: "What It's Like"

"National Acrobat" by Black Sabbath has a line about an unborn child, though I have no idea what they say about it.

Think this song is specifically about reincarnation.

I see I mentioned the Mekons contribution to that comp in... 2004. Blimey.

Eugene Chadbourne: "Let's Go Back in Time"

This is legit one of the most stirring things I've ever heard. I guess I didn't know it quite that far that back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fFBbJta-c

kristin hersh — "what'll we do with the baby-o" (1998)

Blatz - "Berkeley Is My Baby (And I Wanna Kill It)"

Honorary mention to U2 and "I Will Follow", which soundtracks the abortion scene in The Last American Virgin.

Still amazed this appeared in a Hollywood movie. (NSFW)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9IjOicxGXg

The opening lyrics to Daniel Johnston's "Fate Will Get Done" are "Time flies when you're having fun/aborted babies are the lucky ones." Haven't heard that song in like 25 years, but that couplet has really stuck with me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m77qP58nAIw

Organized Konfusion - "Invetro" (1997)

Surprised no-ones mentioned perhaps the most famous anti-abortion tune of all time, 'Murder she wrote' by Chaka Demus & Pliers.

― droid, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 20:25 (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

This is my favourite song which has a political message that I vehemently disagree with