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...panicky criticism of Harvard Right to Life (HRL) by Arianne R. Cohen ’03 (Column, “‘Little Natalie’: A Poster Fetus for Intimidation,” Dec. 16) is the most ridiculous column I have read since her gender theory of terrorism 15 months ago. Did the similar pre-natal pictures in the Nov. 11 edition of Time Magazine (“Inside the Womb”) also constitute a misogynist attempt to scare pregnant college students? If Students for Healthy Babies had produced posters with the same images and captions...
Harvard Right to Life’s (HRL) recently commenced Natalie poster campaign—which features a fetus in various stages of development from conception to birth along with informative statements about her development—has drawn considerable criticism of late. Natalie has been called a campaign against female undergraduates and even a form of terrorism. In flagrant violation of University rules and ethical norms, Natalie posters have a median life span of about four hours before being ripped down (an Ad Board-able offense). What is it about these posters that is so objectionable? Do they feature...
...from conception through death and “increasing awareness to the Harvard community and beyond.” The Natalie campaign is not about awareness or education. Awareness posters inform students about pregnancy resource centers and remind them that abortion is not the only option. Slapping an oversized fetus on neon yellow paper, giving it a little girl’s name and using exclamation points is so inflammatory that it cannot qualify as educational awareness. The fetus is magnified 1000-fold, and important facts, such as the fact that Day 25 Natalie also has gills, are ignored. Instead...
...Natalie posters designed to “foster dialogue.” Really, how does one respond positively to a yellow fetus on their wall? The posters are astutely designed to pluck the heartstrings of a scared 19-year-old college girl who just found out that she’s three weeks pregnant. Natalie is aimed at her emotions, and HRL is going to make sure that her heart skips a beat at the thought of baby Natalie every time she gets on the elevator and every time she walks past a bulletin board on campus. And just...
...smarter members of the anti-abortion movement realize that pro-choice is not the same as pro-abortion—no woman feels good about an abortion, and salting that wound achieves nothing. (Keep in mind that despite decades of similar fetus-flashing campaigns, 1.5 million American women continue to seek abortions each year.) Instead of a guilt contest, the debate is two-fold: it is first a policy debate at the state and national level over a woman’s right to choose—which is just that, her right to choose. More importantly...