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Anti-abortionist groups should show compassion
Editor,
This week, as we walk through campus, we face graphic, imposing images of aborted fetuses, which are not only offensive and unsuitable, but indicate clearly the mentality of the hosting group “Justice for All.” These people do not seek public dialogue, but instead choose to force their viewpoint down the throats of others as violently and unilaterally as they can.
As an anti-abortionist activist myself, I thought I would have common ground with this group and tried, ineffectually, to communicate to them my grievances with their tactics. They did not attempt to listen. At every pause they launched into stale and already-stated diatribes without responding to my articulated concerns. Their Web site is no better: Their “What do you think?” page offers no means of lodging complaints or forwarding suggestions, but only permits the visitor to donate to their cause or re-read a page of propaganda.
My husband and I have been active in anti-abortion movements in New Mexico for at least two decades. The groups we have been affiliated with are peaceful, prayerful, positive and supportive. We believe that all life is wonderful and should be treated with dignity. I found no dignity afforded those poor aborted fetuses displayed on giant billboards, and I hope that the young people who pass by do not believe that all anti-abortion movements are so negative, so exploitive, so self-righteous, and so extreme as this one. I hope students will know that there is a possibility for real dialogue and non-condemnatory discussion on this issue, and that not everyone involved in the anti-abortion effort is as closed-minded and uncaring as those involved in the inaptly-named “Justice for All.”
Suzanne Roop
UNM student
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Carl
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Suzanne, I was at the State Fair and in the Manuel Lujan building there were pro-choice and anti-abortion booths. There were photos of the different ages of a fetus and I remember seeing shocking photos too. I could hardly look but this is reality and I had too.
I went down the aisle and found a DRUNK DRIVING booth that had shocking photos of wrecks and people mangled still in the vehicles. I had to look too. It is reality.
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Why do they use the “shock” value? Maybe so you can think twice before drinking and driving and possibly ruining your life and the lives of many others just because you wanted to “PARTY” that night? Maybe before the guy tried to drive home, he took a girl into his car and had sex with her, she became pregnant, and doesn’t even know who got her pregnant since she had sex with many different guys that month. Now a dilemma to find the father. “Do I go on Maury. And now back for the tenth time. You are not the father.” “Or do I just go have an abortion since who would be on the birth certificate? What do I tell my parents and friends who the father is and then we have a DNA test and it’s not him? Maybe I can trick the guy I’m with now and say it’s his or maybe I’ll trick the rich one and marry him?”
Why “shock” value? THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU DRINK AND DRIVE!
Apple
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This Carl guy sure seems like a very unhappy person…in both this reaction letter and the other one about the plaza group. I hope you can find some happiness somewhere Carl and not at the expense of everyone else. You are a sad sad man…
Angela Lee
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I don’t know anymore. I thought I did, but I don’t. I can’t make a decision to see what is good or what is bad. Both has their points and both have their negative, harmful effect. Both are psychologically damaging and I’m sure both will have a neagtive effect on soceity either way…I’m sick and tired of how the world is being run this way, when there should be a better way to make everything work. But I also know they don’t have any choice because this is the best they can come up with so we all can’t really complain. Whatever happened to freedom of speech and the freedom to choose how we live without the consequences of retailation from crazy-vindictive groups of society, or sub-society for that matter???? And what will happen if we didn’t have those crazy-vindictive groups to support us too? I don’t know anymore!!!!! Everyone for themselves should be allowed to decide what is right for them. And should it turn out that it hurt others, then those two people need to talk it out and figure out a way TOGETHER to find a way out that will make both parties satified and happy….and even if this means it will take time, days, years, centuries, whatever! MAKE IT WORK! IT WILL! SO BE IT!
Angela Lee
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