As Fr. Pavone Says: "America Will Not Reject Abortion Until America Sees Abortion!"
Beau Berman
CBS 7 NEWS
bberman@cbs7.com
August 9, 2010
Midland, Texas -
A graphic downtown billboard is turning heads and raising questions in Midland.
Some who have spoken out against the public display considers the billboard’s depiction of a dead baby inappropriate.
Located at the corner of Texas Avenue and Ft. Worth St., right across the street from Planned Parenthood’s Midland Office, the billboard shows what appears to be a dead baby in a doctor’s hand on the left side.
On the right side it shows what looks like a woman in emotional distress. Above the left side it reads “one dead” and above the right side it reads “one injured”.
On the right side near the woman it reads, “One wounded”.
The two-sided billboard also has a message on the back.
That side says, “Abortion is genocide” and is accompanied by two photos.
The left side depicts what is presumably a healthy baby and the right side shows what looks like a baby that is not alive.
"We believe at Midland Catholics for Life that we need to expose the atrocities that are occurring in Planned Parenthood every week", explains President, Gina Aaron.
Catholics for Life put the billboard up a year ago on their property but the graphic images were added just last week.
"If America sees what abortion is they will get rid of it, just like slavery.... We don't have that anymore and we should not be allowed to kill other people”, says Aaron.
Not only is the billboard graphic and depicting a dead fetus in someone’s hand, but planned parenthood says they've been receiving calls about it because of its location, right across the street from the planned parenthood office in Midland, off Texas Avenue.
"It's a bully type mentality. These are the same individuals that stand outside the fence and make harassing and at times- obscene- comments to our clients", says Planned Parenthood’s Carla Holeva.
Holeva believes the images on the billboard are doctored using Photoshop and are not medically accurate. CBS 7 asked Mrs. Aaron about that claim.
"These are accurate photographs of babies that have been killed by abortion", said Aaron.
Ms. Holeva says Planned Parenthood has received phone calls from people who are wondering how such a graphic billboard is allowed to be present.
"Individuals who have driven by and are upset and want to know who placed this sign, want to know if the info on it is correct, which it's not, want to know if it's medically accurate, which it's not", says Holeva.
Beau Berman: "Did you have any hesitation with putting up a bloody fetus in downtown Midland, in terms of kids seeing it?
Aaron: "It is a sad fact but that's what we have to do to bring attention to this situation."
Planned Parenthood claims the billboard is misleading, fake, obscene and goes too far. The City of Midland’s code enforcement personnel is investigating the billboard to see if it meets legal guidelines that it was originally permitted under.
H/T; Jill Stanek (Jivin J’s Life Links 8-10-10)
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