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Defending the Use of AVP
PBS121Y: Defending the Use of Abortion Victim Photography
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.
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- Marc Barnes
- (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
- 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?”