Pro-choice - Development of the Embryo

First of all, I know the technical aspects of the video are crap. I don't make videos, so don't give me grief about using terrible software and not knowing what I'm doing, because I know it's all true! I created this video to make a point, not to show off my technological prowess (or lack thereof).

Secondly, this video is a response to ACLFNU's inexplicable anti-choice video, in which he shows images of babies and toddlers, as if abortion somehow affects them. This video shows images of the embryo in the early stages of pregnancy, which is clearly more relevant than the intentionally misleading images offered in ACLFNU's video.

Link to the offending video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcbuFzYsDT0

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• pro-choice
• rights
• embryo
• anti-choice
• photos

[kweer58]

If you read "mixxycan"'s comment below (The antibortion movie, Silent Scream as "factually misleading"), Google the following: "criticism of the Silent Scream falls apart under scrutiny". Major parts of that website is in a foreign language, but the relevant article (by Dr. Glasgow) is in English.

[mixxycan]

Richard D. Glasow (his actual name) was an active member of the National Right to Life Committee and has done much to dismantle women's reproductive rights.

Do you suppose his "research" might be a little biased?

The Silent Scream has been discredited by medical professionals time and time again, so I really don't know why anti-choicers still use it for what they think is an excellent argument...

[kweer58]

It is understandable why one would not want to admit to advocating the violent and (often) painful killing of a defenseless unborn baby. That is why they attempt to disable their conscience on this matter.

[mixxycan]

It is also understandable why one would resort to petty, untrue accusations when faced with the fact that he cannot find any objective evidence in support of his position.

My conscience is clear, thanks. It's you who is attempting to force your beliefs on others.

[kweer58]

Now, please watch an abortion sonogram of a unborn baby (12 week pregnancy) being killed. Abortionists have tried (unsuccessfully) to discredit this documentation. However, they have (successfully) made them hard to find for public viewing. I do know of one (from the 1980s) that is on YouTube ("Silent Scream - part 3"). Let's not advocate the violent and (often) painful killing of one who, unlike us, cannot defend herself.

[mixxycan]

Ah yes, The Silent Scream - the "documentary" which doctors, obstetricians, and gynecologists denounced as "factually misleading" and which has been criticized as using camera features to speed up the fetus "thrashing about" and using a full-term sized model to represent what should be a 2-inch long fetus at 12 weeks.

The majority of experts in the field of fetal development state that a fetus cannot perceive danger or purposefully avoid it, as claimed in The Silent Scream.

[kweer58]

One of the most common signs of a deadened conscience is denial.

[mixxycan]

I will not focus on dilation and extraction abortions; this video is a reply to one which focused on all types of abortion, yet showed images of babies and toddlers to influence the viewer. I clearly stated in my caption that the purpose of this video is show images of what the fetus looks like when most abortions occur (in the first trimester).

As of 2000, dilation and extraction accounts for only 0.17% of abortions performed. It is misleading for the anti-choice movement to focus on them.