I’ve subscribed to the Feminist Majority’s Feminist Daily News RSS Feed for quite a while. A little after 5pm Thursday evening, the image of part of what I would assume is a late term aborted fetus ( I can’t say I’ve every actually stumbled upon one) came through with the note “Not a human, just a fetus. How long until we justify killing the old, the sick, any person without a champion?”
I was initially very confused — did the Feminist Majority change their platform midafternoon?
Then I realized, something was very wrong here. It definitely is a post that belongs on a pro-life feed. Clicking on the hyperlink took me to a dead page.
So I called the LA office, which was still open. Not knowing who to ask for, I explained the situation to the person who answered the phone. There was much gasping on her end; I forwarded her a copy.
I suspect there will be some note of explanation coming from the Feminist Majority today.
In the future, I hope they police their passwords and computer networks a wee bit better.
And to the pro-life “activist” likely behind this image sent to thousands of Feminist Majority supporters: how about you try and be a bit more realistic. Per a 2000 survey by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, late term abortions count for less than 1/5 of 1% of abortions in the US, typically in cases of major medical issues. Using the image of a later term aborted fetus hyperbolizes abortion. That outcome is an extreme image meant to shock and disturb, but it doesn’t portray the reality of virtually every woman who has an abortion in this country.
UPDATE: no follow up from the Feminist Majority. But the the picture is still in my feed.
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What these pro-birth idiots fail to realize is that such images only enrage people and end any chance they have of debate. No picture of any fetus is going to make me willingly give up my right to choose.
The pro-life movement isn’t about debate or the value of human life. . . it’s about controlling women. . . hence that complete lack of support for comprehensive contraception. . . when you support enslaving women via their uteruses, you’re not really looking to have a discussion about it.
I am in total agreement with your position. I am just stating that such inflamatory action closes all possibility of conversation.
It’s not about controlling women, it’s about preserving life. Women have the control of when they open their legs, otherwise it’s known as birth control.