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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