Those bastards!
Like any godless atheist, I canāt resist the succulent flesh of the innocent unborn. However, it takes several minutes to fully stretch my auxiliary mandibles for the most efficient abhuman devouring action. Nothing is more frustrating than prepping the mandibles only to get a bite of rubbery toy.
(On a more serious note, what is it about Doing Godās Workā¢ that makes people think that boundaries just donāt apply to them? Iām pretty sure that there would be unbelievable amounts of hell to pay if radical sex-ed activists were sneaking a choice selection of affectively-engaging scale models into childrensā candy bags; but this is merely ācontroversialā, which is usually a polite way of saying that all involved will get away with it.)
Pretty sure thatās a serious criminal offense and possibly a federal crime to contaminate packaged food.
I donāt think those toy āfetusesā will have the desired impact as children add them to their toy boxes. I can see it now, mass fetus slaughter at the hands of G.I. Joe figurine! News at 11.
like āanti-choice.ā
iām using that from now on.
Not deep fried, or even on a stickā¦
Why arenāt they made of chocolate? I donāt understand this.
It doesnāt help that early-stage fetuses bear a strong resemblance(in practice, I assume itās the other way around) to slightly less pallid Greys, a notably unsympathetic and abduction/vivisection-prone lifeform.
Hey kids, did you know that the answer to āHow is babby formed?ā is a weighted average of a Grey and a chestburster?
To address your more serious note, I occasionally drive by a large billboard that has a lineup of white, smiling, healthy-looking babies. At the top it says, āWHICH ONE DO YOU THINK HAS TO DIE?ā The fact that people capable of designing, producing, and paying for such advertising think the issue really is that simple lack the cognitive reasoning skills to understand boundaries. Or they feel itās so simple that any action on their part is justified, because, hey, look what their opponents are guilty of.
Of course thereās at least one other possibility, and that is that for them this is a cash cow. They survive on donations, and while lobbying Congress is expensive and time-consuming (and would ultimately be counter-productive if they really were to succeed) stunts like this are a cheap and effective way to drum up donations. It beats working for a living.
Free hackysack?
Iām pro-choice, but I hereby move that people who use the phrase āAnti-Choiceā automatically lose whatever argument theyāre in.
That said, the behavior of the activists is reprehensible.
Need to remix w/ the Barbie in the casket from the prior postā¦ 
Surely this is massively counterproductive from the perspective of the anti-choice group? Piss off parents, freak kids out by intruding on their family time? I honestly canāt see how anyone thought this would further their agenda.
These people are ridiculous. Anti-choice is really the best name for them, that is easy to say, however āshaming anti sex, anti womanā would be more accurate.
I live literally next door to a planned parenthood that gets these jerks protesting outside all the time. They donāt care about anything other than shaming people who go in. They lurk around the perimeter, and take full advantage of their history of violence to scare the bejeezus out of clinic goers.
I take pictures of them whenever they are out there and post them up to a tumblr that mocks them. Engaging with them is totally futile. If they really wanted to reduce the number of abortions in this country, which is at an all time low, they would support birth control access, long term reversible birth control like an IUD, and increased factual sex education.
But thatās not what this is about. Itās about forcing a woman to take responsibility for her actions. See, a baby is a consequence of being a slut, a whore, or a floozy. Itās not about the welfare of a child, or theyād be more into child charities for impoverished children. Itās about attempting to enforce outdated ideas on sex and gender on women. It is a disingenuous crap movement that has a lot of violence in itās history, and they sure donāt decry the violence done in the name of āpro-lifeā.
As a side note, apparently silently documenting them and posting them online, and being open as to what kind of blog you post them on seems to reduce the number of protestors willing to show up. My local clinic has had a severe reduction in protestors since I started popping over for pictures every time they made an appearance.
Sorry this got long. Itās a big issue to me.
If they were pro-life they would not be into the death penalty. Which the majority of them are into. They would not be into the war, which the majority of them are into. They would not allow violent criminals to bomb clinics, or shoot and kill clinic doctors and workers. You certainly donāt see the āpro-lifeā community decrying that violence, and shunning these criminals. They give a wink and a nod, and move on because the ends justifies the means.
Any cause that includes violence on that level loses the argument for me.
I canāt imagine what message they meant that to send. What Iām getting is something like, āHey kids, sometimes, in life, you may find yourself with a fetus that you clearly did not seek out or want. But the good news is that you can just get rid of itā
I mean, was there ever a more perfect metaphor for an unplanned pregnancy that a toy fetus in a bag of candy?
I agree. These are rather nasty, ghoulish-looking things ā the ending of Akria and 2001 spring to mind. The article suggests they might have a certain tactile appeal, which just makes me wonder if maybe their heads grow when you squish their bodies, or something. Iām just baffled.
Ironically, this probably has the opposite effect of what they wanted-- itās not a representation of a tiny human life, itās a rubber toy that kids will toss around and eventually throw in the trash.
Eh. It seems as misleading as āpro-life.ā No one is against life, so thatās a dumb thing to call someone, and no one is anti making choices, so that seems a bit silly. Canāt we just call each other pro and anti-abortion, since that is the issue at hand?
