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CherylK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 08:41 AM
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Young Turks: Anti-Abortion Fetus Dolls Handed Out In Elementary School
 
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Posted on YouTube: May 25, 2010
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Posted on DU: May 27, 2010
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http://www.examiner.com/x-5445-Politics-in-Education-Examiner~y2010m5d26-Fetus-dolls-passed-out-to-elementary-students
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 08:54 AM
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1. Ewwwwwwwww, that's creepy.
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SPedigrees Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 09:28 AM
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2. "The suspected staffer who is thought to be responsible for the anti-abortion propaganda
has been placed on administrative leave."

That is reassuring at least.
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Crowman1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 10:20 AM
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3. I remember that creep Lou Engle passing out fetus dolls to the kids in "Jesus Camp"...
...and that was even more creepy.
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 04:08 PM
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7. Great movie.
Scary movie.
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Crowman1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 11:39 AM
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9. Probably the scariest psychological horror movie of all time.
Especially since it was real. :wow:
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Jankyn Donating Member (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 10:32 AM
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4. I've got one on my desk...
...to remind me of the dishonesty of the anti-abortion movement. My "doll" measures three inches in length and looks like an infant with an umbilical cord.

At that size, a fetus doesn't have skin, just a transparent membrane that will become skin. Its tail hasn't been reabsorbed completely. It looks more like a polliwog (which is where we get hiccups from) than a human.

The idea of a fetus as a homunculus is the number one fallacy that allows the right-to-lifers to promulgate their crap. Most people don't know enough about embryology and development to recognize that a fetus is not a "miniature" infant.

But locally, one anti-abortion activist stands at Planned Parenthood's gates with one of these "dolls," claiming that it's an example of the "babies" that entering patients are about to "kill."

Dishonesty and ignorance: the ugly twins of the anti-choicers.
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Alpha Numeric Wanda Donating Member (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 10:53 AM
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5. Really interesting Kristof article in today's NYTimes...
about a nun who has been excommunicated for assisting a pregnant woman in a harrowing life or death situation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/opinion/27kristof.html?scp=1&sq=catholic%20churce&st=cse
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 03:31 PM
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10. Thanks for the link. n/t
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happygoluckytoyou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 12:16 PM
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6. just because BARBARA didn't abort DUBYA in time, shouldn't be a reason for her 2b against abortion
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Crowman1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 09:55 PM
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8. How long before some kid sharpie's a mustache on that doll?
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