aborted fetus signs

[TLSnell1981]

I totally don't agree. In one hand they are saying this is life, on the other hand they cavalierly splash the image of a deceased human being on a sign, with a scripture in pink glitter underneath. If it was an image of a human, such would be blasphemous.

If you don't think it's human....why are you bothered?

 

[nosoupforyou]

The PP never said the picture wasn't of a human, in fact the pp said it WAS a human. You misunderstood.

I heard years ago that many of those photos were taken years ago in China where women were forced to abort their babies or put them up for adoption if they were girls. Some women tried to hide thier pregnancies, but were later found out and thus, the photos of the late-term abortions and babies piled up in trash cans outside of hospitals. I seriously doubt the health codes would allow for disposal of that nature here in the U.S. I don't know if this is true, but I remember hearing this years ago.

 

[Liberty Belle]

As a woman who has had two miscarriages, I certainly do not need to have them shoved in my face and neither does my son who knew about the miscarriages.

 

[m&m's mom]

As a woman who has had two miscarriages, I certainly do not need to have them shoved in my face and neither does my son who knew about the miscarriages.

I was getting ready to post the exact same thing.

 

[Kath2003]

Whilst I get what they're trying to achieve, pro-choicers are not seen displaying signs showing the horrific injuries self-inflicted on women who cannot legally get a safe abortion in a medical environment, or the horrific results of 'back alley' abortions where again woman cannot legally get a safe abortion. There is no need to show these images whatsoever.

 

[paintnolish]

Well that is certainly what bothers me the most. My kids are sitting right there. That is not right, no matter your belief. That is a total disregard for the kids that were already NOT aborted. For the record, I'm NOT pro-choice and I find the tactic terrible.

This happened to me on an innocent trip to Target. My 6 and 7 year old dcs got to see this. I was so angry.

 

[Tink&SquirtsMom]

This has nothing to do with my beliefs... but isnt there some better way for the people who hold signs with horrible pictures of mutilated fetus's to get thier message across?

Of course there are better ways. It's just far easier for someone to sit on a corner with a disgusting sign then it is for them to actually do anything to address the situation. Gives the people holding the signs the ability to have that warm anf fuzzy feeling of making a difference without having to get their hands dirty and actually interact with 'those' people whose minds they are trying to change.

 

[teacups]

Of course there are better ways. It's just far easier for someone to sit on a corner with a disgusting sign then it is for them to actually do anything to address the situation. Gives the people holding the signs the ability to have that warm anf fuzzy feeling of making a difference without having to get their hands dirty and actually interact with 'those' people whose minds they are trying to change.

It's so backwards, isnt it?

I would guess that if I were making it my goal to stop a girl from getting an abortion that would not be my choice. I'd want to talk to her, make sure she knows all the ramifications, both mental and physical... and maybe talk some beliefs and adoption and tomorrow and life. I guess I'm lucky. I've never had to attempt this!

I guess I should say if there is a girl or woman thinking about abortion reading this... just know all your options by reading and researching and soul searching. Dont jump into anything hasty but in the end do what you think is right.


My odlest was born when I was 17. He'll be 25 on Saturday. I cant believe the way time flies... I must be emotional today. Hormones I guess?

 

[Fizzgig]

When Kerry spoke at the high school down the road from my house, people with those signs decided to picket. I was pregnant at the time, and was driving to pick up my husband from work.

I really didn't need to see that crap.

 

[donaldduck352]

Here in central FLA in Ocala to be specific on Hwy301 they have 10-20people with these signs standing on the side of the road.I/we are pro-life.We have 2kids.And my DW had two miscarriges during the 1'st and 2'nd..I donnt need someone to tell or show me what achild looks like before its born.....

It is a moral choice that people have too deal with if they go down that road,and there is nothing anyone can do to change this!!!My 2cents for what its worth!!

 

[Violet Crayon]

For the two years I lived downtown Milwaukee I had to pass men holding those signs daily. They stood across the street from a natural health clinic at a bus stop almost 24hours. I cannot tolerate the visual imagery and have never directly looked at the images because the fleshy redness that flashes is enough for me to know not to look.

What bothered me even more was that they were ALL middle-aged men who had the nerve to FOLLOW young woman with the signs when they passed that section of the sidewalk. I usually would cross the street and cross back over to avoid their creepy eyes.

It's exploiting the potential life they try to protect, and disrespectful IMO. In their eyes wasn't that fetus a valid life and equal human being and now it is shoved like a weapon in people' faces? I have no problem with the groups who stood and prayed in front of the clinic they made their point in a much more peaceful way.

 

[Disney Doll]

Of course there are better ways. It's just far easier for someone to sit on a corner with a disgusting sign then it is for them to actually do anything to address the situation. Gives the people holding the signs the ability to have that warm anf fuzzy feeling of making a difference without having to get their hands dirty and actually interact with 'those' people whose minds they are trying to change.

I agree with this post wholeheartedly.

My theory is that if you don't believe in abortion, instead of protesting at an abortion clinic, teach birth control, abstinence, good choices, etc. to young people. Volunteer at an agency that helps pregnant girls/women who may not be in the best shape financially or emotionally to care for a baby, but want to try.

My late DMIL was a devoted Catholic, a obstetric nurse by profession. She didn't believe in abortion, and so she worked very hard with pregnant women to make sure they didn't choose abortion as an alternative. She volunteered at a home for unwed mothers...very 1960's sounding I know, but it really was a home where pregnant girls could live, be educated, take parenting classes, have healthcare and so forth.

In other words, do something productive.

 

[Alyssa88]

I hate those people!!

They come to campus with their signs and think they are making a difference but they aren't.

I did have the pleasure of comforting a friend of mine who chose to abort her fetus because her life was in danger.

 

[merryweather20]

If you don't think it's human....why are you bothered?

I didn't say what my position was either way, or if I was bothered by the signs. What bothers me is the hypocrisy. The prolifers claim the image of a fetus is life, but then use the pictures in dispicable ways. Would you put a picture of the body of a young child killed in a car wreck on such a sign? No, because it was a human life and such images are treated with respect.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

i dont know, seems to bother prochoice people the most, so seems to be working. doesnt seem to be stretching the truth. seems to be a pretty good, albeit, gross depiction of what the procedure is all about.

Uh no - it is a gross representation. A fetus under 12 weeks (when the majority of abortions are done) is about the size of an olive.

Are the protestors showing olive-sized abortions? No - they are blown up to fit on a posterboard. A 1000 times bigger.

All medical procedures blown up in size would be gross - imagine childbirth blown up! Facelifts! ack.

An inflamed appendix is just as disgusting if it was 1000 times enlarged.

I have volunteered at Planned Parenthood - and have seen early term abortions and really they are nothing like what the protestors would like you to believe.

 

[Aisling]

I really didn't need to see that crap.

Yes, I feel it's disrespectful to show those photos, both for the memory of that dead baby, and for children who may see it.

I don't want to see it either, because it's too sad for me. But it really, really bothers me to read people here referring to those fetuses as crap, disgusting, etc. They were living babies once. We don't like to acknowledge it, but it's a fact, and they deserve as much respect as the fetuses who have people to mourn for them after a miscarriage.

 

[Fizzgig]

Yes, I feel it's disrespectful to show those photos, both for the memory of that dead baby, and for children who may see it.

I don't want to see it either, because it's too sad for me. But it really, really bothers me to read people here referring to those fetuses as crap, disgusting, etc. They were living babies once. We don't like to acknowledge it, but it's a fact, and they deserve as much respect as the fetuses who have people to mourn for them after a miscarriage.

Sorry, Aisling, I didn't mean the child that could have been was crap, but the fact that a middle-aged man took a picture of a dead child, blew it up, stuck the picture on a poster, slapped his slogan on it, and started waving it at my pregnant self as I passed by in a car.

THAT was crap.

 

[teacups]

Yes, I feel it's disrespectful to show those photos, both for the memory of that dead baby, and for children who may see it.

I don't want to see it either, because it's too sad for me. But it really, really bothers me to read people here referring to those fetuses as crap, disgusting, etc. They were living babies once. We don't like to acknowledge it, but it's a fact, and they deserve as much respect as the fetuses who have people to mourn for them after a miscarriage.

I didnt take it that way at all. I dont think anyone has been intentionally disrespectful of the life that was lost. If people are talking CRAP, I'd have to assume they are talking about the behavior and judgement of the idiots holding the sign. Sorry if you were upset. I dont think that was the intention.

 

[Aisling]

And I'm sorry I sounded so harsh. Those pictures just break my heart.

 

[Aisling]

Sorry, Aisling, I didn't mean the child that could have been was crap, but the fact that a middle-aged man took a picture of a dead child, blew it up, stuck the picture on a poster, slapped his slogan on it, and started waving it at my pregnant self as I passed by in a car.

THAT was crap.

I understand now. Thank you.