Members of a pro-life organization protested on the University of Wisconsin campus Wednesday, brandishing graphic photographs and taking questions from passersby.continue at Badger Herald
Center for Bio-Ethical Reform members advocated for ending abortion in UW’s Library Mall throughout the day. CBR Site Manager Darius Hardwick said the protest occurred from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and will take place again on Thursday. He said the project has been around for 14 years and visits hundreds of universities around the country.
CBR began 14 years ago and aims to educate individuals about how aborted fetuses are managed, according to Hardwick. He added CBR works to humanize pre-born children and prove that abortion is an act of violence.
Hardwick asserted most people do not care or want to know the true facts about abortion, because the truth is often inconvenient to their lifestyle, political views and world views.
“There’s a lot of ignorance about pre-natal development and an equal amount of denial,” Hardwick said.
Several Madison Police officers supervised the event throughout the day. According to MPD Lt. David McCaw, CBR is not a Madison-based organization and after further research that revealed group volunteers have been assaulted, he suggested MPD supervise the event.
Photo and details at Fletcher's Blog
3 comments:
I'm never a fan of these graphic protests, especially when I come upon them right after at lunch, as I did on Wednesday. I'd been over to Planned Parenthood to pray for 40 Days that very morning -- I'm fully aware of abortion's horror. I don't want to see it, particularly when I'm carrying my son around. I hope it was helpful for someone, because it really just turns me off the pro-life movement, rather than the reverse.
I can see both sides. It would seem a college campus would be the best place for this kind of educational project to take place. I agree that young children should be prevented from viewing it.
Perhaps the fact that these images change hearts and save lives (and subsequently, perhaps, souls) should be our barometer for whether these images are appropriate more so than whether we enjoy seeing them.
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