Ideas are seen in the arrangements of flowers in your neighbor’s yard, in the elegant carve of a balding surfer and in the incoherent rambles of a roadside hobo. In most cases, a thought remains subtle and far from igniting backlash. In other cases, an idea is transformed through forceful and slightly intrusive muscle.
The right to hold opinions without interference is one of our greatest freedoms. It allows for the opportunity to transfer one’s thoughts. It provides a stage to express emotions. Your content comes from your heart and your medium is your voice, but is the forceful nature of some fair for all? Should your space be invaded by the opinions of others?
Where do you draw the line?
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morbid extremism with a smile… weird
The pictures they hold up aren’t make believe. That’s what an abortion looks like! So, if you don’t want to see it- DON’T LOOK! It’s as simple as that. They are in no way acting forceful. They are on a corner, peacefully protesting. As Courtney pointed out, the lady is even smiling. It’s funny cause the people who usually call these people “sick,” are the ones supporting abortion, thus in an indirect way helping create these disturbing images. So really… Who are the “sick” ones? Oooooooooo, burn.
First of all, They are doing this at the corner of a planned parenthood, where people are discreetly going. Why pin point these people, who’ve decided for their best interest, to make such a private decision. Why alienate them. They go to this planned parenthood for a reason, for privacy and they are exploiting them of that right. It is fine to have an opinion and to even protest, but how would you feel if you were raped and got pregnant and couldn’t bear having the baby and privately wanted to have an abortion, you already feel terrible about it and here are people smiling at the corner with dead baby pictures. Yes, most cases aren’t like this but it’s still not fair to be so cruel as to stand on the corner like this. Have your opinions but give people their right to privacy.
Secondly, Most of the people that are against abortions are against sex before marriage at all and don’t consider any form of birth control acceptable. They only accept abstinence. Maybe these people should use their energy to help educate people on birth control and adoption. Life is not black or white, sex or no sex. These people aren’t being realistic, they need to accept that not everyone is going to be abstinent or have babies and why is it up to them? why is it up to the person above me to make the decision about abortion. Its your body, use your own personal self morals and make the best decision you can.
In response to #1
Who’s being alienated? The entrance to that Planned Parenthood is CLEAR across the parking lot. Those people couldn’t holler at them even if they tried. Anyone could have walked into that office and probably wouldn’t have even SEEN those protestors. Believe me. I’ve been there. I had my pregnancy confirmed there. Having an abortion is pretty hard to do discreetly at Planned Parenthood anyways, considering the office is full of girls by 8 am. If anyone is invading their privacy its the girl looking over your shoulder as you’re trying to fill out your admit papers, or the girl waiting next to you in the backrooms, waiting to be let into a patients room.
I sympathize with rape victims, but there is a morning after pill. And if that didn’t work, then by all means…. but generally that’s NOT the case. I know plenty of girls with 3 and 4 under their belt, like it ain’t no thang.
#2
Not true! Nor I or my husband are against sex before marriage. But we are against murder. I for one have not made any decisions regarding a womans right to choose. It’s not up to me or right wing Christians. Just because we believe it is wrong doesn’t mean we have made any decisions for anyone. I am voicing my beliefs, just as those people on the corner were. This is America. Free speech can be a real bitch when you don’t agree. It’s funny cause I may be one of the MOST liberal people you’ll come across, but I know right from wrong. I dont see in “black or white,” but I do know that denying someone the right to live because they are too small to speak up is DESPICABLE.
The other patients shouldn’t be any concern, they are there for their own reasons and they don’t know why you are there and what services planned parenthood is providing to you. They are protesting at the main entrance of the parking lot, it is not way across the parking lot. If you were driving there and going to the clinic, you would see them. By law they are standing where they are or they would be in front of the entrance. I don’t care that they are protesting, but why so graphic? I for one have never had an abortion and I don’t want to see those pictures, the people I know that unfortunately have had abortions, well they don’t need to see that. You know people that have abused the right to an abortion but people I love have been in the uncommon horrible circumstances and I sympathize and I don’t think they deserve to be called murders or have dead baby pictures in their face. I agree with you about the girls that see abortions as birth control and I think its wrong and sick. I also think that the time frame within being pregnant should be lessened for having an abortion. Majority of people protesting on the corners and heavily involved in abortion protests are religious or are religious organizations, maybe you aren’t but you are not the majority. If they care so much about preventing abortion, they do need to accept other forms of birth control and they need to be realistic that not every one believes in their faith and their faith alone is not going to stop abortions, nothing will. You can make it illegal but it will just go back to basements again. I agree that it is a horrible thing and I hope to never see another person I love go through that but I also have empathy the people that choose to.
Why so graphic? Why so graphic? It’s so graphic because that IS the result of their grown up, my body-my decision choices. That’s what happens to the baby! But, lets stop for a minute so i can empathize with them. It must be painful. Probably no more painful than when the doctor dismembers the baby. You wouldn’t allow that to happen to you, so why the hell is it acceptable to hurt an innocent baby?! They are human beings. The words fetus and embryo are used to describe human beings at different stages of development. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s still illegal to kill another human being, is it not? That’s why I can feel safe in saying it is murder. Ya, I do not feel sorry for women when adoption is a perfectly viable option. There are millions of homes that would love a little baby. Millions of women not capable of conceiving that get to know that these women are literally throwing babies away. Babies who did nothing wrong but have to suffer for their mothers irresponsibility. And that’s what it is. Irresponsibilty. Even when birth control fails, you got too drunk, or the condom broke, there are medical treatments to ensure you do not get pregnant. You really feel sorry for them? I don’t get that. It’s like… I’m bigger than you, I have a voice, therefore I can kill you. I wonder if your life were in the hands of another, if you’d like a say in whether or not you lived or died. Pretty sure I already know the answer.