ABC in Australia is reporting on a political race where one candidate is making abortion a key part of his Independent candidacy. That, of course, has rankled his opponents.
The Democrats candidate Jeanie Walker, according to ABC:
“says anti-abortion posters put up around Adelaide by an independent candidate are offensive.
She says they increase the stigma on women who need help and on doctors who perform abortions. “Women don’t just lightly go in and decide to terminate a pregnancy,” she said.
“There’s a multitude of reasons why they may do that so we need to sort of keep this out of the political arena.
“They shouldn’t be on poles everywhere for people to see. So if he wants to debate this, it needs to be done sensitively.”
Here’s a shot of the “offensive” poster.
Doesn’t seem too offensive, does it? But wait. Here’s the best part. Ready for the best line ever in a news article. A different ABC article by the same network says (and I’m not making this up):
The anti-abortion campaign posters feature photos of babies, which many female voters have found offensive.
Yes those darn babies are sooooo offensive!!!!!
I know pro-choicers didn’t like real babies. I had no idea they didn’t even like pictures of babies.
This is just another example of pro-choicers wanting to make even the pro-life argument “controversial” and “offensive” in order to silence us. Because they know that the more people know about abortion the more pro-life they’ll become.
February 22, 2010 at 2:13 am
The clown quoted in the article says:
the posters "increase the stigma on women who need help and on doctors who perform abortions."
Well, in fact it doesn't show stigma but actually shows real concern and love for the women in need by helping them understand the consequences of their actions and preventing them from making a choice which they will deeply regret.
As for the people who perform the abortions, of course they are designed to increase the stigma on them. Its no big shocker that pro-life people do not like abortionists.
February 22, 2010 at 9:03 am
This is another piece of evidence that pro-choice is Not about choice. It IS about arbortion as the only way to go. This ranks up there with the way the pro-abort gang went gaga over the Tebow ad. Anything that runs counter to their agenda they label offensive & harmful to women who might choose abortion.
Those pictures are offensive only to those who support abortion & the only thing they are harmful to is the pro-abort agenda.
February 22, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Please remove that image from this blog, I can hardly look at that baby. And, if you ever post a similar picture of a dog I'm going to call the SPCA on you.
February 22, 2010 at 3:16 pm
I heard a variation of this arguement a year ago. My campus pro-life group held a baby fair with pictures of babies and fetal development model
displayed on our table. We had balloon bouquets saying "It's a girl" or "It's a boy." The entire table was positive- no mention of abortion anywhere on it.
The next day we got into trouble with the university because several women found our display "offensive". Strangely enough, they all worked for the women's center on campus.
It took us several months to deal with the charges, including several rounds of mediation, and we weren't allowed to do any displays until they were resolved.
But their hypocrasy shows when they call pictures of babies offensive.
February 22, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Do you see the way that horrible baby is gripping the finger of that woman? Assault! Someone sue for unreasonable seizure of a finger and unwarranted detainment of a digit!
February 22, 2010 at 4:38 pm
…lest we forget a baby is a punishment.
When most people see a poster of a baby, "Aw, how cute."
When pro-aborts see it, "How awful! I never want to be punished with that."
My son, who is in boyscouts (another awful organ.) is reading about colonial America when (Protestant) Europeans first settled. They thought their born children were awful too until they could at least walk (they pushed them to walk early). The proaborts have regressed to this point of view (sort of, at least in a secular way; colonists thought the way they did for religious reasons).
gbm3
February 22, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Aaaaaaand yet another reason to shake our heads dismissively at the Australians.
February 22, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Geez, what's next? Calling pictures of the candidates offensive? Hmmm…wait…
February 22, 2010 at 10:28 pm
I see that the picture of the baby is different to the ones in my area which show a big baby in the womb…yes these are offensive! Why don't we have posters of smokers having heart surgery using our tax paying dollars for diseases that are preventabele, or the huge amount of funding for Viarga….where are the pictures of these issues
February 22, 2010 at 10:35 pm
What else are we to expect of "Pro-Death" groups? there is no such thing as "Pro-Choice"; only Pro-Death.
Pray, fasting, Rosaries, alms, good works, and continued defense of LIFE will win.
"In the end, my Immaculate heart WILL Triumph!" – Blessed Virgin Mary.
February 24, 2010 at 5:43 am
I suffered three miscarriages, and until I healed emotionally, the sight of a baby or a pregnant woman hurt. Imagine if I were post abortive, how much more would those images have 'offended' me?
Pray for the healing and repentance of post-abortive women, that's where they are coming from.