Prerequisite: PBA120Y

Building on the case for AVP (PBS120Y), this seminar responds to various objections from pro-lifers about the role of victim photography in pro-life strategy.

• Study on CCBR activism
  • https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-study-proves-effectiveness-of-abortion-victim-photos-in-changing-hearts
• http://www.prolifetraining.com/Articles/Visuals-Reply%20Mr%20Briggs2.pdf
• Stephanie Gray offers a defence
• Peter Kreeft
• Letter from a Birmingham Jail
• Abortion and Our "Moral Sense"
• Marc Barnes
  • http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2013/11/unintentional-fetal-depersonalization.html
  • http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2013/11/the-auschwitz-conflation.html
  • http://www.unmaskingchoice.ca/blog/2013/11/26/bad-bad-catholic
  • (Maria): I (indirectly) targeted some of Marc Barnes' arguments for a post-GAP blog post for the CCBR here: https://www.endthekilling.ca/blog/2016/03/17/call-ethical-conversion-seeing-faces-pre-born Mainly hitting back at the idea that AVP depersonalizes the preborn by appealing to the philosophy of Levinas. Both the images themselves, and our apologetics/arguments, demand that the other person humanize the preborn and recognize their identities as individual humans.
• comment about “dishonouring the dead” and all of the replies
• the problem with other online focus groups
• cognitive dissonance
  • @Scarlet_Fawn retweeted: https://twitter.com/Zucchinisaurus/status/787473148526690304
  • Next post: https://twitter.com/Scarlet_Fawn/status/788080665090789376
• Five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
  • (Blaise's personal opinion) We shouldn't be surprised if being confronted by the truth about abortion surfaces the emotions at whatever stage of healing a person is at. For some people, that might explain the angry reaction, if it's breaking through denial. For others, perhaps who have not fully healed, being confronted with a reminder or a trigger might bring back some of the depression. etc etc
• CCBR blog series of FAQ's: “Why AVP?”
  • Introduction
  • What if children see the images?
    • https://decider.com/2020/06/02/nickelodeon-i-cant-breathe-commercial-controversy/
  • What about the post-abortive seeing the pictures?
    • https://www.endthekilling.ca/blog/2013/12/03/the-post-abortive-are-pre-abortive/
    • https://www.endthekilling.ca/blog/2018/01/11/causing-guilt-not-shame/
    • https://www.endthekilling.ca/blog/2012/06/06/triggers-versus-trauma/
  • Don't these images just make people angry?
  • What about women who have had miscarriages?
  • Aren't these images desensitizing?
  • Do the images disrespect the dead?
  • Is showing these images an act of violence?
  • How is this a loving approach?
    • Testimony: https://www.facebook.com/canadiancbr/videos/10159795858930051/
• Media explanations of airing graphic photos
  • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-60-minutes-aired-photos-of-lynchings-in-report-by-oprah/
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mosul-syria-chemical-attack-graphic-images-1.4619755?cmp=FB_Post_News
    • “While it might be uncomfortable for viewers on the other side of the screen, Walker pointed out there are people in more discomfort than that. 'The people who are really dealing with the worst of this are the families and the people of Mosul,' he said.”
• The “Picture Superiority Effect” in memory https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-key-to-infographic-ma_b_6510744

“Based on research into the Picture Superiority Effect, when we read text alone, we are likely to remember only 10 percent of the information 3 days later. If that information is presented to us as text combined with a relevant image, we are likely to remember 65 percent of the information 3 days later.” - John Medina, Brain Rules, 2008