{"id":8464,"date":"2002-12-26T17:43:22","date_gmt":"2002-12-26T22:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2002\/12\/26\/wal-mart-terminates-pregnant-midge-doll\/"},"modified":"2002-12-26T17:43:22","modified_gmt":"2002-12-26T22:43:22","slug":"wal-mart-terminates-pregnant-midge-doll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2002\/12\/wal-mart-terminates-pregnant-midge-doll\/","title":{"rendered":"Wal-Mart terminates pregnant Midge doll"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA – She is Barbie’s oldest friend, happily
\nmarried and visibly pregnant with her second child — and some parents think
\nshe’s a little too real for their children. <\/font><\/p>\n

The pregnant version of Midge, which pops out a curled-up
\nbaby when her belly is opened, has been pulled from Wal-Mart shelves across the
\ncountry following complaints from customers, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

“It was just that customers had a concern about having a
\npregnant doll,” Wal-Mart Stores spokeswoman Cynthia Illick said. <\/font><\/p>\n

She said the entire Happy Family set, which included
\npregnant Midge, husband Alan and son Ryan, was pulled from shelves of the
\nworld’s largest retailer earlier this month.
<\/font><\/p>\n

…”It’s a bad idea. It promotes teenage pregnancy. What
\nwould an 8-year-old or 12-year-old get out of that doll baby?” asked Sabrina
\nFagan, 29, of Philadelphia.
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\nStory<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The only thing offensive in this society is now pregnancy. I guess they
\nshould just eliminate all baby dolls to keep anyone from thinking of having a
\nbaby as a teenager. If this doll had been “Cohabitation Cathy” or “Fornicating
\nFran” then I might disagree, but a doll in the context of a married family is
\nsomething positive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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