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On the Today programme this morning Gregg Cunningham, who leads an anti-abortion group the Centre for Bio Ethical Reform in California, was interviewed about tactics used by his group and now anti-abo

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Is showing images of aborted foetuses unhelpful?

posted at 27/4/2012 11:07 AM BST on bmj.com

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On the Today programme this morning Gregg Cunningham, who leads an anti-abortion group the Centre for Bio Ethical Reform in California, was interviewed about tactics used by his group and now anti-abortion groups in the UK outside abortion clinics.

During these protests, protesters show images of aborted foetuses as a means to shock. This tactic was tried outside an abortion clinic in Brighton recently and led to some of the protesters being arrested for harassment.

Cunnigham was criticised for displaying these graphic images outside the medical context and out of the the circumstances of why an abortion takes place. It was also said to be a shock tactic, which doesn't seek to inform women but just to shock them.

Cunnigham drew upon the time when reformed slave trader William Wilberforce showed shocking pictures of slavery to raise awareness about this issue. Cunningham said that his tactics are similar because it is simply bringing light to the practice of abortion. His argument for displaying these images is: " if abortion isn't genocide why is everyone so angry when we hold up a picture of an aborted baby?"

Is this form of protest taking the debate out of context?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9716000/9716844.stm

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Re: Is showing images of aborted foetuses unhelpful?

posted at 1/5/2012 5:42 PM BST on bmj.com

Dr. K. Ashutosh

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First: 27/3/2012
Last: 20/5/2013

An interesting dilemma! But to be more straightforward, I do agree with the arguments by Mr. Gregg Cunningham, " if abortion isn't genocide why is everyone so angry when we hold up a picture of an aborted baby?"
It has been an increasing practice nowadays to perform non-clinical abortions & increasing female foeticide is a serious offense. Hence whatever step might have been taken to stop this shameful practice is always justifiable!

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Re: Is showing images of aborted foetuses unhelpful?

posted at 2/5/2012 11:42 AM BST on bmj.com

Cordelia Phelan

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First: 3/7/2009
Last: 15/1/2013

Why should it not be shown when it's reality? Unfortunately many young girls use abortion as a means of contraception not knowing what the fetus/embryo looks like. It may be more helpful to show these in school as part of sex education as prevention rather than shock women who are just about to have an abortion.

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