I have a few problems with this video.
First of all, this is from LifeSiteNews. The description of their website is this:
The service was originally started by Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), a Canadian national pro-life organization headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Campaign Life Coalition, founded in 1978, was one of the first pro-life organizations to emphasize the international dimension of attacks on life and family. Along with a few other groups it pioneered pro-life lobbying at United Nations conferences. CLC president, Jim Hughes, is currently also vice-president of the International Right to Life Federation.
These are the same people that come out with these outrageous claims:
- “Abortion causes breast cancer.”
Abortion does not cause breast cancer. The newer studies consistently showed no association between induced and spontaneous abortions and breast cancer risk. - That this is what an 8 week old fetus looks like:
even though this is what a 6 week old embryo looks like:
- “Even first-trimester fetuses can feel pain.”
False. Connections from the periphery to the cortex are not intact before 24 weeks of gestation. Most pain neuroscientists believe that the cortex is necessary for pain perception; cortical activation correlates strongly with pain experience and an absence of cortical activity generally indicates an absence of pain experience. - “Fetuses become conscious at 8 weeks.”
The lack of cortical connections before 24 weeks, therefore, implies that pain is not possible until after 24 weeks. Even after 24 weeks, there is continuing development and elaboration of intracortical networks. Furthermore, there is good evidence that the fetus is sedated by the physical environment of the womb and usually does not awaken before birth. - “Emergency contraception causes abortions.”
False. This is like saying birth control pills cause an abortion, since the Plan B pill is a giant fucking dose of the Pill. - “Banning abortion will get rid of it, once and for all.”
“Of the approximately 42 million abortions that do occur worldwide, almost half are performed by unskilled individuals, in environments that do not meet minimum medical standards or both. Virtually all of these unsafe abortions take place in the developing world, where the unmet need for contraception remains high and very restrictive abortion laws often are the norm.” All one has to do is take a look at Romania. - “Pro-choice activists want to increase the number of abortions.”
Not true. Everyone wants to see the need for abortion reduce. Pro-Choice community wants abortion gone as much as the Pro-Life community, but the only way to reduce the numbers is by providing easier access to contraception, emergency contraception, and comprehensive sexual education. - “Pro-choice activists want abortion on demand until the moment of birth.”
On demand? I don’t think so. No, abortion should be legal throughout the entire pregnancy due to medical conditions that may arise later in the pregnancy. A woman does not wait until the last possible minute to obtain an abortion. - “Human life begins at conception.”
This is just silly. Human life begins before conception. Sperm and eggs are not dead before they form a zygote.
So now, that I’ve gotten all that out of the way, I’m going back to discuss that video. Here we go.
So this woman is celebrating a child’s birthday that, by the looks of it, is 7 years old. But by the end of the video, it is clear that she had an abortion. Hmm. Okay, so this is that emotional play that the Pro-Life community likes to play. Awesome. Let’s break this down:
The fetus has been dead for 7 years.
The woman has mourned her abortion for 7 years.
She thinks she gave birth to the fetus.
She(clearly) has severe mental distress.
She forgets that she had an abortion.
The husband refers to the fetus as son and then as an “it”.
They decided not to have “it”.
Does anyone else see how this is just way over the top?! Yes, I understand that women can lose wanted pregnancies and then mourn for decades, but this video indicates that the husband and wife both decided to abort, yet the wife is in mourning every year on the fetus’ “birthday”!? I don’t understand what kind of thought process it takes to create garbage like this. Who the fuck thinks of this shit!? Seriously. Who the fuck in their right mind thought that this is acceptable?
Oh let’s make all the baby-rabid womynz feel like terrible whores for aborting by celebrating a nonexistent fetus’ “birthday”! Great idea, Mike! Oh and let’s make it super dramatic, and full of womynz tears! That’ll make ’em think twice, I tell ya!
Is that the process that goes on in making such filthy propaganda!?! This is fucking stupid. Oh, but yes, I wish someone can make an alternative ending to that video where the fetus and the wife died from an illegal, unsafe abortion. Also, who the fuck in their right mind would allow a woman so crazy to parent a child!? She forgot she had an abortion. An abortion.
Anyway, obviously, the woman doesn’t fucking matter to Anti-Choicers. Fuck you, you misogynist assholes!
love it.
To paraphrase Hillary Clinton: did she have an abortion, a miscarriage or did someone hit her in the stomach? At this point what difference does it make? The fetus is still dead. The issue is whether or not anybody cares, and apparently many people regret aborting after the fact. Perhaps you are not as open minded as you believe yourself to be.
Great article 🙂 I love your blog!
Please keep writing.