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Last week, an uproar mounted when the Harvard Right to Life (HRL) put up posters depicting an in utero fetus named Elena, captioned by crayon font, reading, “I’m 25 days old…and my heart already BEATS!!” Some in our community have taken justice in their own hands and deemed these posters unfit for public view. They have taken what in their view is a reasonable course of action: tearing down the posters. They are wrong. Vigilantes, we do not need your protection. HRL has a right to free expression...
Posters depicting in utero fetuses raised eyebrows and a small uproar last week. One of the posters, the second in a series created by Harvard Right to Life (HRL), featured the picture of a fetus named Elena with the words, “I’m 25 days old...and my heart already BEATS...
...posters from this semester are getting torn down left and right,” said HRL President Meghan E. Grizzle ’07. “Apparently people find the picture of a fetus gruesome and I don’t understand why, because we’re not showing pictures of an aborted fetus or a dead baby,” Grizzle said. She added that HRL had to constantly replace the posters that were removed from displays across campus...
...That’s one thing I admire about HRL, because they’re out there actively trying to change people’s opinions...which is what I think activist groups should do,” said Smith...
...HRL, which does volunteer work with local pregnancy centers in Boston, also heads up a program which facilitates the process for students who want to opt out of the portion of the Student Health Services Fee that funds abortions...