Prerequisite: PBA120Y

Building on the case for AVP (PBA120Y), 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
• 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