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This billboard ad lead MTV to pull ads by the same group from their network
A network accused by many of glamorizing teen pregnancies is apparently refusing to air a series of anti-abortion ads. Makes sense, right?
Not so much to the group that wants the ads to be seen. A group called Heroic Media launched an ad campaign called “We Can Help” at the end of April at an event supported by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, a staunch anti-abortion advocate.
The group wanted the “pro-life” ads to air on MTV to air for several weeks, but they were pulled after just one time. Heroic Media said a sales representative at MTV said there was a conflict of interest with the network’s existing deal with Planned Parenthood.
Twenty-four states currently offer license plates with an anti-abortion message
A bill allowing the Department of Motor Vehicles in Texas to raise money for anti-abortion causes received an early OK from the House today.
If the governor signs it into law, Texas will be the 25th state to allow “Choose Life” license plates, which will raise funds for organizations that deal with crisis pregnancies and encourage pregnant women to consider adoption instead of abortion by providing prenatal care, food, clothing and shelter.
Adoption is a fine option for unwanted pregnancies, to be sure, but unfortunately there wouldn’t be an alternative, pro-choice license plates available for people in Texas to choose from.
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For the first time ever, the British mother who fought to have her severely ill baby’s life support machine turned off is able to tell her story.
Seventeen months ago, the parents of a child known only as “Baby RB” were locked in a legal battle over the right-to-life. A court order, which stopped the parties involved from being named, has been partially lifted. Kelly Bickell is baby RB’s mother. Baby RB is Ronnie. “We thought we was going to have a healthy baby, but when Ronnie came out he wasn’t crying, he wasn’t moving… he was blue.”
Ronnie had a rare genetic condition called congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS), which made it hard for him to breathe on his own. He was moved to a ventilator. “As Ronnie got older, we realized he couldn’t sit up, he couldn’t hold his own head up. He couldn’t do anything apart from move his little wrists. But Ronnie’s brain was absolutely fine, Bickell tells BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire. “He could see, he could hear”. Continue reading »
State bills targeting abortion rights are rapdily increasing.
Restrictions on abortions are getting a lot of attention in the government lately. In fact, in over 30 states, there is legislature currently being proposed to restrict and/or limit abortions right now. In some cases, the proposed bills are being passed swiftly.
This past February, the House of Representatives also passed a measure that would bring an end to federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
It beckons the question of whether the Supreme Court would ever overturn Roe vs. Wade after it has been in effect for nearly 40 years.
This past week, Idaho’s Legislature approved a ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. That ban came right on the heels of a bill in South Dakota which now mandates a three-day waiting period for abortions. It also requires women seeking abortions to undergo counseling at a pregnancy help center.
Anti abortion group 'Always Life' is using President Obama's image in their latest campaign.
The Texas-based anti-abortion group, Always Life is once again stirring up controversy and proliferating racial hatred. Their recent plans to install 30 billboards across the South Side of Chicago to draw attention to their claim that a disproportionate number of black women seek abortions, was met with opposition from anti-abortion campaigners.
Known for their over-the-top ads (back in February, they paid for a NYC billboard that displayed a picture of a little African-American girl and stated, “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.”), their most recent ads contain President Obama. The billboard has a picture of Obama’s face next to the words “Every 21 minutes our next possible leader is aborted.” It also encourages women to visit an anti-abortion website, thatsabortion.com.
Little Anissa is just six years old.
The anti-abortion ad featuring a little African-American girl that states, “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb,” was taken down after public outcry.
The billboard, paid for by the anti-abortion group Life Always was pulled down Thursday night by the Lamar Advertising Company, but the bad feelings surrounding it are still growing, particularly by the mother of the girl featured in the ad.
New Jersey mom Tricia Fraser is outraged that her 6-year-old daughter, Anissa, was included in the ad. She says that when she took her daughter to a modeling agency over two years ago, she was told the photos taken might be used for stock photos but she had no idea that they would ever be used for anything so offensive.
This anti abortion billboard is set to stay for three weeks.
A billboard aimed to push the anti-abortion movement is disturbing many people, particularly African Americans.
Set in the middle of New York City’s popular Soho, it displays a picture of a little African-American girl and states, “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.”
The billboard was paid for by the anti-abortion group Life Always, and it hangs a short half-mile from a Planned Parenthood.
According to the Huffington Post, Life Always Board Member Pastor Stephen Broden explains his reasoning behind the billboard: “During Black History Month, we celebrate our history, but our future is in jeopardy as a genocidal plot is carried out through abortion.”
Another Life Board member, Rev. Derek McCoy agrees that the billboard does push the envelope, “We do think we’ve gone too far, and we do think it’s over the edge,” he said. “But the city’s abortion rates have crossed the mark and are over the top.
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