Graphic abortion pictures

  • Thread starter Thread starter preacher_girl
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
P

preacher_girl

Guest
My family and I recently passed a long line of very graphic pictures of aborted infants (located outside an abortion clinic). I didn’t realize it was coming up, and sadly one of my children saw a bit of the scene before I got him to close his eyes. He seemed a little shaken by it.

I support peaceful protesting of these clinics, and I do understand that a picture says a thousand words, but I was upset that the protestors made the decision that my children were ready to see that. I don’t support the choice of ending life in the womb, but I would like the choice of determining when my children are old enough to see and learn about abortion.

Any thoughts?
 
preacher_girl said:
My family and I recently passed a long line of very graphic pictures of aborted infants (located outside an abortion clinic). I didn’t realize it was coming up, and sadly one of my children saw a bit of the scene before I got him to close his eyes. He seemed a little shaken by it.

I support peaceful protesting of these clinics, and I do understand that a picture says a thousand words, but I was upset that the protestors made the decision that my children were ready to see that. I don’t support the choice of ending life in the womb, but I would like the choice of determining when my children are old enough to see and learn about abortion.

Any thoughts?
Click to expand...
I have been advocating for a more socially conscious style of protest for some time. I seem to run up against inconsistent logic from those who support this style of protest. I am sorry for you experience and hope that nothing like this happens to your family again.
 
As I read your post I was trying to think of a way to respond to it…

As a mother of 5 myself I have encountered the same thing with my first child and I felt much the same way. None of us want our children upset but there is a good upset. Imagine if you will that there were no photos of the result of “choice” we would know it in our heads as a wrong but would we know it to the pits of our hearts? Would it be as real?

When my first child saw the pictures she cried and I was upset as well because I felt at the time that it was to early but when she asked I told her the truth. fastforward a few years and she is very vocal that she was she even when her mother couldn’t see her or feel her. The upset changed into a conviction that this was wrong a terrible crime against babies. It also became a good lesson that there is always a choice the question is what will be the result of the choice that you make?

So I leave you with this thought. You at this time have a choice to make, 1. you can turn this upsetting episode into learning and moral teaching. or you can ignore it comfurt your child with distractions and be angry because you believe it is to early.

Now while they are young is when they are learning about their world and impressions they acquire today will influence them the rest of thier lives. It is up to us as parents to be the good stewart of the gift we have been given in our children to give them the tools to lead a sound and moral life.

God be with you.
 
Allied soldiers, after liberating one of the death camps where people were gassed, were so outraged that they forced citizens of a nearby town to walk through the camp to see what they had tolerated. Perhaps it might have been better if the townspeople had been required to view graphic photos of the camp’s daily operations before the end of the war.
 
JimG said:
Allied soldiers, after liberating one of the death camps where people were gassed, were so outraged that they forced citizens of a nearby town to walk through the camp to see what they had tolerated. Perhaps it might have been better if the townspeople had been required to view graphic photos of the camp’s daily operations before the end of the war.
Click to expand...
Yeah, those allied soldiers probably forced the children to walk through the camp too. I bet they even took infants into the camp and held them close enough to smell the burning corpses. Here’s to making a cogent argument.
 
Drawmack said:
Yeah, those allied soldiers probably forced the children to walk through the camp too. I bet they even took infants into the camp and held them close enough to smell the burning corpses. Here’s to making a cogent argument.
Click to expand...
Some of the children were IN the death camp (much like today). For the ones living outside of the death camp, I’m sure that their parents did not want them to know what they did at their day jobs.
 
I have to side with the parents on this one. It is they that have the divinely established responsibility to raise the their children. Free speech has never included the right to show children anything and everything. There is more than one way to teach a child about a topic like abortion. The parent should be the one to decide what is best for each child.
 
JimG said:
Some of the children were IN the death camp (much like today). For the ones living outside of the death camp, I’m sure that their parents did not want them to know what they did at their day jobs.
Click to expand...
In your last post you talked about the Allied soldiers forcing local towns folk to walk through the death camp. So, I pointed out that those allied soldiers probably did not make the children walk through the camp, which is the only way your scenario is applicable to this thread. So, you point out that there were children in the death camps. Are the pro-life the Allied soldiers who were outraged at the atrocities in the camps or were they the Nazis who forced children to witness those atrocities? Please make up your mind. By the way, if you’re making Nazi comparisons you are attempting an emotional argument instead of a rational one.

In your second sentence you imply that the town’s people forced to walk through the death camp worked at this camp. What purposes would it have served to make people walk through their work place? Nazi death camps were not staffed by civilians, they were staffed by military and slaves.

The insinuation with your second sentence is that it’s okay to show children these graphic pictures because then they can see what their parents do for a living. The woman who started this thread is pro-life and I highly doubt she works in an abortion clinic. So, I also do not see how this is relevant to the topic at hand.

Please explain how allied soldiers making adults walk through a Nazi death camp is relevant to children seeing graphic pictures of abortion displayed on a public street as part of a protest.
 
No, I don’t think it’s OK to show children these photos, and I don’t blame the OP for being upset. I would not voluntarily show children photos of aborted unborn babies. Children will, however, eventually learn the truth. When living in the midst of a horror, either of Nazi death camps, or abortion death mills, it is hard to explain to children why this is happening. And it’s likely that they will find out about it sooner rather than later. The photos are disturbing because they show other children who have been legally killed. I hope no parent has to cope with that. But every parent will have to cope with giving their children information about what abortion is at some point.
 
JimG said:
No, I don’t think it’s OK to show children these photos, and I don’t blame the OP for being upset. I would not voluntarily show children photos of aborted unborn babies. Children will, however, eventually learn the truth. When living in the midst of a horror, either of Nazi death camps, or abortion death mills, it is hard to explain to children why this is happening. And it’s likely that they will find out about it sooner rather than later. The photos are disturbing because they show other children who have been legally killed. I hope no parent has to cope with that. But every parent will have to cope with giving their children information about what abortion is at some point.
Click to expand...
I do not disagree with a single thing that you’ve said here. As a matter of fact, many of your points here are the reason that I don’t think protesters should be holding up signs with blow ups of those pictures on them.
 
I would not stand outside of an abortion mill holding one of these photos. Also, I would not purposefully show a young (by young I mean so small that they cannot understand what an abortion is) child of mine one of these photos. However, I feel that getting grown adults to look at these photos and having them see abortion for what it really is makes it worth it.
 
Mrs_V said:
I would not stand outside of an abortion mill holding one of these photos. Also, I would not purposefully show a young (by young I mean so small that they cannot understand what an abortion is) child of mine one of these photos. However, I feel that getting grown adults to look at these photos and having them see abortion for what it really is makes it worth it.
Click to expand...
Is your stance that the end justifies the means?
 
preacher_girl said:
My family and I recently passed a long line of very graphic pictures of aborted infants (located outside an abortion clinic). I didn’t realize it was coming up, and sadly one of my children saw a bit of the scene before I got him to close his eyes. He seemed a little shaken by it.

I support peaceful protesting of these clinics, and I do understand that a picture says a thousand words, but I was upset that the protestors made the decision that my children were ready to see that. I don’t support the choice of ending life in the womb, but I would like the choice of determining when my children are old enough to see and learn about abortion.

Any thoughts?
Click to expand...
Abortion is not only a silent crime but one that lacks any real awareness to our senses.

No pictures allowed of the butchering of these children and not screams can be heard when they are butchered and protestors are denied much as well in regards to what they are allowed to communicate and how. Ignorance of these grave crimes is perptuated by most of our society by choice. They do not want to see or hear it.

Hitler probably tried to keep much of what he was doing to the Jews from beig known by most. I am sure many Nazis were ignorantly supporting Hitler.

I have a daughter who is 19 and two other children that are 7 and 9. I speak to them about the more than 1 million violent crimes of death with these babies in the USA. I let them know that even though this country makes it legal to dismember and kill a child still in the womb that it is a crime to God and so to for all Christians. If they see a picture of an aborted child with it’s arms and legs ripped off and it’s head punctured and dismembered then they know it to be real and they know with out explanation that it is a crime.

China will control all that their people see and hear and tell them it is for their own good. But we know it is not for their own good but to control them. I think the USA is doing something similiar with abortion. More not less in my opinion.
 
JacktheCatholic said:
Abortion is not only a silent crime but one that lacks any real awareness to our senses.

No pictures allowed of the butchering of these children and not screams can be heard when they are butchered and protestors are denied much as well in regards to what they are allowed to communicate and how. Ignorance of these grave crimes is perptuated by most of our society by choice. They do not want to see or hear it.

Hitler probably tried to keep much of what he was doing to the Jews from beig known by most. I am sure many Nazis were ignorantly supporting Hitler.

I have a daughter who is 19 and two other children that are 7 and 9. I speak to them about the more than 1 million violent crimes of death with these babies in the USA. I let them know that even though this country makes it legal to dismember and kill a child still in the womb that it is a crime to God and so to for all Christians. If they see a picture of an aborted child with it’s arms and legs ripped off and it’s head punctured and dismembered then they know it to be real and they know with out explanation that it is a crime.

China will control all that their people see and hear and tell them it is for their own good. But we know it is not for their own good but to control them. I think the USA is doing something similiar with abortion. More not less in my opinion.
Click to expand...
So, you think that protesters have the right to decide it appropriate to show a child graphic pictures of abortion regardless of the parent’s wishes?

Do you intend to compare parents who wish their children to not see graphic images depicting atrocities until the parent deems it is appropriate with Hitler or the Chinese government? After all, that is the only way those statements are applicable to this thread.
 
Mrs_V said:
Yes, but I was trying to explain why instead of just saying that.🙂
Click to expand...
Okay, the ends (or stopping abortion) mitigates the wrong of publicly (even when the displayer has no control of who sees the image) displaying graphic images that not everyone may be ready for. This is your stance correct?
 
Drawmack said:
Okay, the ends (or stopping abortion) mitigates the wrong of publicly (even when the displayer has no control of who sees the image) displaying graphic images that not everyone may be ready for. This is your stance correct?
Click to expand...
Again, yes. I get the feeling from the tone of your posts that you are gearing up to try and start a debate with me. I have no interest in one. I gave my opinion on this subject and that is really all I am interested in contributing to this thread. I feel that as a parent my opinion is something worth submitting.

I am interested in the opinions of other forum members as well and that is why I keep checking back. I’m well aware of your opinion. Thanks and good night.
 
Mrs_V said:
Again, yes. I get the feeling from the tone of your posts that you are gearing up to try and start a debate with me. I have no interest in one. I gave my opinion on this subject and that is really all I am interested in contributing to this thread. I feel that as a parent my opinion is something worth submitting.

I am interested in the opinions of other forum members as well and that is why I keep checking back. I’m well aware of your opinion. Thanks and good night.
Click to expand...
Well, if your argument is that the ends justify the means then your argument is in direct opposition to Church teachings. I wasn’t gearing up for a debate; I was simply going to ask you to justify your stance in a series of scenarios, I will forgo that in light of this post.

Just remember that when someone steps all over your parental rights you have to stop and ask them what their ends are before you get upset at their means.
 
For one thing, no one is forcing your children to look at those pictures. Secondly, I do believe that if they are going to put such pictures up, they should have a sign a few hundred yards before the pictures alerting you to the graphic pictures so you can tell your children to close their eyes or you can go a different way. Third, I really like this quote:
**
“America won’t reject abortion until America sees abortion.” - Author Unknown To Me**
 
I think showing young children those kind of pictures is wrong. Just like it is wrong for them to watch horror movies at that age. Everyone else, on the other hand, need to see abortion for what it truly is. Most people sugar coat it and some patients don’t know (or vaguely know) what is even happening to them. I wish, for two minutes, that pictures of aborted babies could flash on a TV screen. That way, so many uniformed would become informed.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top