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Horton Hears an Abortion Protest

Posted Mar 8th 2008 8:22PM by TMZ Staff

All hell broke loose at the Hollywood premiere of "Horton Hears a Who!" today when a group of pro-lifers infiltrated the screening, then chanted anti-abortion slogans after the flick.

The theme of the movie is based on the motto: "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small." So the pro-lifers thought it was a good idea to use this theme to their advantage -- even though their complicated message was falling mostly on the ears of children.

The stars in attendance included Victoria Beckham and her three kids, Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy, Steve Carell and all 12 contestants from "American Idol."

After the chanting ended, the group put red tape over their mouths that said "Life" on them, and paraded around the event.

Shouts of protest were returned by some in attendance, including, "This is a kid's premiere," "How dare you," and "Do you really care that much about this?"

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1. HAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Posted at 8:29PM on Mar 8th 2008 by Rob

2. wow. everyones on the lookout for something to complain about!!

Posted at 5:08PM on Mar 9th 2008 by mary claire

3. how annoying....

Posted at 8:30PM on Mar 8th 2008 by carolina

4. why the hell were the american idol people there? extra $$$$ from fox perhaps?

Posted at 8:32PM on Mar 8th 2008 by mook

5. omg are they serious?

Posted at 8:32PM on Mar 8th 2008 by NumberOneStylist

6. I had 3 abortions, & they were all the right decision fo rme. The one child I gave birth to I gave up for adoption so I think I did the right thing. Abortion really serves a purpose when you're not ready to have children. My Church says birth control is wrong, so I don't do it.

Posted at 8:48PM on Mar 8th 2008 by Kelli

7. If the actors felt that way, then maybe they should NOT have made the movie!!! If they morally feel abortion is wrong, then don't take th multi millions in fees paid to them for their parts.....

Posted at 8:48PM on Mar 8th 2008 by YAWN

8. Love it. God is pleased. And may God show his mercy on those who don't please him.

Posted at 9:13PM on Mar 8th 2008 by Mary

9. Religious zealots. that's the trouble with the world today. Everybody needs to keep their noses out of everyone else's uterus'. Period.

Great way to get your point across, discussing abortions with 5 year olds. F****** twits.

Posted at 8:50PM on Mar 8th 2008 by Anonymous 3.15.08 Expect us

10. Maybe the solution [if you call it that] is to have alllll children surgically 'altered' at 3yrs old, then, 'unaltered' when they are ready to have kids.

Posted at 8:52PM on Mar 8th 2008 by Ya think???

11. Jesus Camp makes an appearance again! I bet those little kids were there!

Posted at 3:20PM on Mar 12th 2008 by nastia

12. The better comeback to the protesters would have been to ask them how many children they personally have adopted, and then ask them how many minority children they've adopted?

Posted at 8:55PM on Mar 8th 2008 by kerry

13. i think the slogan was a good way for pro-lifers to get a word across, but they definately should not have done it where they did

Posted at 11:57PM on Mar 10th 2008 by jj

14. Ok Kelli I bet that same church says thou shalt not kill. HMMMM

Posted at 8:59PM on Mar 8th 2008 by wondernurse247

15. I was going to our local mall a few weeks ago, and there was this church group standing all along the road...holding up HUGE signs with pictures of aborted fetuses. I had my six year old in the car with me and had to spend the entire evening explaining to him what that picture was.....why it was....the whole nine yards....I wanted to go and tell those idiots to keep it off the roadsides where little kids could see them. These signs were like.....5' x 5' color signs!

Posted at 9:00PM on Mar 8th 2008 by Tommy

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