Spider-Woman Is Pregnant In "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse," And People Had A Lot To Say About It

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"Peter Parker can bring his baby into a multiversal battle with Spider-dinosaurs and talking pigs, but GOD FORBID a woman is fighting while pregnant."

Marvel is about to make history with the new Spider-Man movie — which is set to feature a pregnant Spider-Woman.

The movie poster featuring a group of Spider heroes flying through the sky in front of a city skyline

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While Spider-Woman, aka Jessica Drew, has been pregnant in her comic book series, it'll be one of the first times a pregnant superhero is actively fighting crime on the big screen.

Spider-Woman holds her baby bump while sitting on a motorcycle

The whole thing was unveiled in a new clip from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse that was shared in honor of Mother's Day.

Spider-man holds out his hand to shoot his web

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"Super moms doing superhero things," the studio captioned the video.

— Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (@SpiderVerse) May 14, 2023

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In the clip, Gwen Stacy asks Spider-Woman if she's pregnant, to which she responds, "Oh, this? We don't know the sex yet, my husband wants it to be surprise. He's really corny, but so hot."

Spider-Woman holds her bump while talking to Gwen with the caption "My husband wants it to be a surprise"

And while it's pretty impressive that Spider-Woman is able to fight crime throughout her pregnancy, some people actually have a problem with it.

Spider-Woman jumps off her bike and shoots her web

According to some folks out there, Spider-Woman is putting her baby at risk while saving the city — and that's just not okay with them.

Spider-Woman collides midair with a villain

Numerous tweets called out the studio for putting an "unborn baby in danger" in the movie and being a "bad influence to pregnant" people who watch.

Meanwhile, most other people were more reasonable about the whole thing, pointing out that the film is literally a fictional cartoon.

suspension of disbelief is kinda wild cause people can suspend their disbelief enough to see a talking pig with spider powers fighting but not enough for a pregnant woman with spider powers fighting https://t.co/c7BHngV2SZ

— franklinsherald-jessica drew era✡︎ (@franklinsherald) May 15, 2023

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Why all of a sudden there's a discourse about spider-woman being pregnant all of a sudden like "she's endangering the child-"

ITS FICTION CALM TF DOWN

— Ⓜ️@Y 🌙 (@biohazardmay) May 16, 2023

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The outrage over a pregnant spider woman is insane because there’s a T Rex that shoots webs in a spiderman mask and Peter B Parker had a whole toddler on his chest in the first trailer and there was nothing but 🦗🦗🦗

LMAOOOO I keep forgetting Twitter isn’t a real place

— Martin Luther BEAM Jr. 💯 (@FlammyMarciano) May 16, 2023

@FlammyMarciano / Via Twitter: @FlammyMarciano

People who have a problem with Jessica being pregnant here don’t see pregnant women as people. Just incubators. It’s not ‘empowering’ because she’s pregnant & it’s not negligent either. It’s just her existing in her usual life while pregnant which is what all women have to do. https://t.co/JXnn93FAno

— stoobs (@thejstoobs) May 15, 2023

@thejstoobs / Via Twitter: @thejstoobs

people showing more performative concern over Jessica’s unborn fetus than the actual living baby Peter brought with him is very funny in a kind of “life imitates art imitates life” way https://t.co/jhnk0l3kKk

— SMSam🏳️‍🌈 (@SuperMutantSam1) May 16, 2023

@SuperMutantSam1 / Via Twitter: @SuperMutantSam1

People are about to watch a multiverse movie with Spider People who can swing from building to building, and the most unrealistic thing is a pregnant Spider-Woman💀

— Smiso (@directorsmiso) May 15, 2023

@directorsmiso / Via Twitter: @directorsmiso

There’s no way I’m genuinely seeing people complain over the practicality of Spider-Woman fighting while pregnant… IT’S A FUCKING ANIMATED MOVIE ABOUT SPIDER POWERED THINGS THERE IS A SPIDER HORSE AND CAT FOR FUCKSAKE!!!!!

Like y’all always wanna be mad about something😐 pic.twitter.com/pryO618IkY

— En🍄 (@SunGodNosa) May 15, 2023

@SunGodNosa / Via Twitter: @SunGodNosa

All of a sudden y’all are OB/GYNs on the health and safety of this FICTIONAL character’s baby.

Like a universe where everyone thwips around and has “spider” in their name is plausible but a pregnant superhero is where you put on your “this isn’t realistic” hat on? https://t.co/Jnfl5X81mr

— this barbie hosts ✨The Afternoon Special✨ (@hiimbobbi) May 16, 2023

@hiimbobbi / Via Twitter: @hiimbobbi

Peter Parker can bring his baby into a multiversal battle with Spider-dinosaurs and talking pigs but GOD FORBID a woman is fighting while pregnant.

— Evan Von Doom 💀 (@EvanReadsComics) May 15, 2023

@EvanReadsComics / Via Twitter: @EvanReadsComics

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is set to hit theaters on June 2, which I will remind you once more, is literally just a cartoon.

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