The use of victim imagery can be a powerful tool when changing hearts and minds for LIFE. This week we are joined on Straight Talk on Life Issues by Maison DesChamp and Sarah Terzo as we discuss when, where, and why to use victim imagery. It is important that when we defend life, we know how to use every tool in our toolbox.
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Graphic Pictures: Help or Hinderance?
Many of you are familiar with the graphic pictures depicting aborted, dismembered babies. They can leave the most seasoned pro-life advocate sick inside. Do these pictures have a place in the pro-life movement? Are they effective in changing the hearts and minds of people who otherwise would support or participate in abortion or are they counterproductive? Do they make more enemies than converts for unborn babies?
Such pictures have a 30-year tradition of effectiveness when used before an audience as part of a full presentation and following pictures and facts of fetal development. In this case, however, we must consider huge pictures standing alone.
The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform – Say No to Abortion
The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) is working to establish prenatal justice and the right to life for the preborn, the disabled, the infirm, the aged and all vulnerable peoples through education and the development of innovative educational resources.
CBR’s projects include the Genocide Awareness Project, the Reproductive “Choice” Campaign, the Corporate Accountability Project, and the Church Project.
CBR also publishes educational resources and conducts seminars to establish the humanity of the preborn and the inhumanity of abortion.
CBR was founded in July of 1990 as a privately-funded, non-profit educational corporation.
CBR operates on the principle that abortion represents an evil so inexpressible that words fail us when attempting to describe its horror. Until abortion is seen, it will never be understood.
CBR is strictly non-violent. We oppose violence against babies and against the abortionists who kill them. Just as Dr. Martin Luther King sought to create a “creative tension” to awaken the nation to the horrible injustice of segregation, we too are creating a “creative tension” to awaken the nation to the horrible injustice of abortion.
Guests
Sarah Terzo is a pro-life journalist and blogger who has written over 1,000 articles on abortion. Live Action News, Life News, NRL News, Supreme Court amicus briefs, and the Wall Street Journal have mentioned her work. She currently runs the Substack “The Secular Seamless Garment” and the website Clinicquotes.
Maison Deschamps is a 25-year-old free-climber. He climbs the exterior of buildings with one thought in mind: saving the life of an unborn child. A public pro-life activist for almost two years now, DesChamps has assumed the nickname “Pro-life Spider-man” for his many feats. Each time DesChamps climbs a tower, thousands of dollars are raised for a woman considering abortion in order to support her pregnancy to term and after.
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