Tue Jul 10, 2012, 08:10 PM

http://www.thisismyabortion.com/

A woman takes pictures of her abortion...

My intention in documenting and sharing my abortion is to demystify the sensationalist images propagated by the religious and political right on this matter. The perverse use of lifeless fetus photographs are a propaganda tool in the prolife/prochoice debate in which women and their bodies are used as pawns to push a cultural, political, and religious agenda in the United States.

At 6 weeks of pregnancy, my abortion looked very different than the images I saw when I entered the clinic that day.

This is my abortion.

To learn more about this project, please read my oped for The Guardian.

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
http://www.thisismyabortion.com/ (Original post)	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	OP
Good reality check.	backscatter712	Jul 2012	#1
Had a miscarrige at 6 weeks	HockeyMom	Jul 2012	#2
I understand that she means well	Nye Bevan	Jul 2012	#3
Winning over anti-abortion people is not her intent,	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#4
Could also turn off moderates just like the classic aborted fetus pictures would.	Zalatix	Jul 2012	#10
k&r, thank you for sharing this.	uppityperson	Jul 2012	#5
You're welcome!	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#6
Kick.	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#7
thanks for the link	fizzgig	Jul 2012	#8
Thank you.	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#9
Accuracy in reporting is a rare thing these days.	yellerpup	Jul 2012	#11

Response to Luminous Animal (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 08:13 PM

backscatter712 (26,355 posts)

1. Good reality check.

This is good information to counter the fetus-fetishists and their gore-posters.

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Response to Luminous Animal (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 08:17 PM

HockeyMom (14,337 posts)

2. Had a miscarrige at 6 weeks

and didn't even know I had one. Never would have if I didn't have a scheduled OB check up a few days later. I just thought I had a late period. There was nothing to see, and it all went down the toilet.

The OT is very true. You would probably need a microscope to see a 6 week miscarriage/abortion.

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Response to Luminous Animal (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 08:17 PM

Nye Bevan (25,406 posts)

3. I understand that she means well

but I don't expect this will win many people over to the pro-choice cause.

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Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 08:34 PM

Luminous Animal (27,310 posts)

4. Winning over anti-abortion people is not her intent,

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your criticism makes no sense. She quite clearly states in her op-ed:

Recently, I had an abortion, which I documented with a hidden mobile phone camera and then shared the images on the internet. I chronicled and published my experience on thisismyabortion.com to show what a safe abortion looks like, and to counter the perverse use of dead foetus images used by the anti-abortion movement. My hope is this project will help dispel the fear, lies and hysteria around abortion, and empower women to make educated decisions for their bodies.

http://www.thisismyabortion.com/

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Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 03:34 AM

Zalatix (8,994 posts)

10. Could also turn off moderates just like the classic aborted fetus pictures would.

"This is what a safe, legal abortion looks like" is NOT going to win over anyone who isn't already pro-choice. People can get mad as shit at me but that one will most certainly be an "I told you so" in the end. This'll do no better than those other shock jock pictures.

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Response to Luminous Animal (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 08:46 PM

uppityperson (115,519 posts)