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Abortion rights group is mad at Doritos Super Bowl ad

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By Jennifer Brett
Feb 8, 2016

The National Abortion Rights Action League is angry about a Doritos Super Bowl ad it accuses of "humanizing fetuses."

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An image from the Doritos ad that has NARAL outraged.

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In the commercial, a guy munching away on a bag of Doritos during his wife's ultrasound attracts the attention of their unborn child, who makes a hasty exit, presumably to share Dad's snack.

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NARAL also complains that the ad reinforces "sexist tropes of dads as clueless and moms as uptight."

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