Difference between revisions of "Durham MZCC abortion truck"

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Overview

The Durham MZCC abortion truck is a small truck apparently owned and operated by Mount Zion Christian Church of Durham, NC and bearing anti-abortion messages and images, including lurid photos of what appear to be aborted late-term fetuses, on its side and back panels.

The side panels both credit Operation Rescue as copyright holder for the images. Text underneath all 3 panels reads: "Mount Zion Christian Church - 3519 Fayetteville Road, Durham, NC 27707 - (919) 688-4245 - www.learninc.org / Overseer: Donald Q. Fozard, Sr. - Prophetess: Nora L. Fozard".

Bumper stickers on the back elaborate on the message a little:

"Secondary Virginity, You Can't change your past but You can change your future"
"Are You Following JESUS this Close?"
"Keep the Ten Commandments"
"PRO-CHOICE IS THE WRONG CHOICE"
"ABORTION: 44 Million American Children will Never Laugh, Sing or Play"
"Abortion is NOT a Right - IT'S A WRONG"
"Say No to Pre-Marital Sex"

Analysis

The photos are clearly of late-term abortions, which would be illegal even under the most liberal laws; using such photos to campaign for further restrictions is therefore intellectually dishonest.
Given that these fetuses had to have been aborted illegally (if they were, in fact, viable), just how did Operation Rescue obtain these photos? Are they real fetuses? Were they viable, or stillbirths? Were they taken in the US?
As horrific as these images are, they might be used to make a valid case for the following: (1) mandatory sex education and family planning (including easy access to contraceptives), (2) widespread availability of safe, legal abortion, so that botched abortions such as these do not happen. However, MZCC appears to be campaigning both to make abortion illegal (which has been shown to have no effect on the actual incidence of abortion) and for abstinence-only sex education, which tends to increase unwanted pregnancies when compared to proper, fully-informed sex education.

Photos

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right side

close up of bumper stickers, showing some of the related messages MZCC is promoting

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 * The photos are clearly of late-term [[abortion]]s, which would be illegal even under the most [[liberal]] laws; using such photos to campaign for further restrictions is therefore [[intellectual honesty|intellectually dishonest]].
 * Given that these fetuses had to have been aborted illegally (if they were, in fact, viable), just how did Operation Rescue obtain these photos? Are they real fetuses? ''Were'' they viable, or stillbirths? Were they taken in the US?
-* As horrific as these images are, they might be used to make a valid case for the following: (1) mandatory [[sex education]] and family planning (including easy access to contraceptives), (2) widespread availability of safe, legal abortion, so that botched abortions such as these do not happen. However, MZCC appears to be campaigning both to make abortion illegal (which has been shown to have no effect on the actual incidence of abortion) and for [[abstinence-only sex education]], which has been shown to be highly ineffective at reducing unwanted pregnancies.
+* As horrific as these images are, they might be used to make a valid case for the following: (1) mandatory [[sex education]] and family planning (including easy access to contraceptives), (2) widespread availability of safe, legal abortion, so that botched abortions such as these do not happen. However, MZCC appears to be campaigning both to make abortion illegal (which has been shown to have no effect on the actual incidence of abortion) and for [[abstinence-only sex education]], which tends to increase unwanted pregnancies when compared to proper, fully-informed [[sex education]].
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