It’s always controversial when pro-life groups publicly display those graphic images of unborn babies who have been torn apart and slaughtered by an abortion doctor. It’s the reality of abortion. But is it effective to show such images publicly to people who continue to support this “choice”? Please take the poll!
Loading ...Here is a really great video with a perspective from Lila Rose concerning this exact topic:
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Only show those images to those who need to see them, be sensitive to young children and those who may not need to see them to value human life
I’m 100% pro-life and I used to be in favor of these kinds of images.
However, I’ve changed my mind on the matter.
I think that graphic images rob the murdered babies of their dignity. If someone murdered a five year old, I wouldn’t exploit an image of the corpse to fight against murder.
There are better ways to do this. The dignity of the human body must be respected. The ends cannot justify the means, even when the end is fighting abortion.
There are times when it may be appropriate to show these types of images, but I don’t think public demonstrations are one of these times.
I voted yes, but I have a caveat. The images should never be posted an abortion mill. It undermines the sidewalk counselors’ work, as the women are frequently disregard anything the counselor says once they see the images. This has been my experience during prayer vigils where the images are posted, and it has been the experience of several pro-life sidewalk counselors that I’ve spoken to over the years.
Yes, at pro-life rallies and other pro-life events where there is no sidewalk counseling going on, we need to show these images widely. That is where they’re most effective.
I said yes, with one reservation. If you want to use the images during a protest, or outside an abortion clinic, or during a specific event like on a university campus, that’s fine, and I think it’s probably more helpful than not. But I’ve seen them plastered on the sides of vans that drive up and down busy streets, and that’s taking it too far. It’s gruesome imagery, and it should only be used when you have the opportunity to immediately interact with people who are upset by it. If we just upset people and then don’t engage them on the issue, they won’t associate these gruesome images with abortion. They’ll associate the images with pro-lifers, and it will be just another reason to write us off.