Dave Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 [quote name='Norseman82' date='Apr 20 2004, 08:30 AM'] Does anyone remember "The Silent Scream" from the 1980s? That too showed a sonogram of an actual abortion. [/quote] I've heard of it AND seen it. You can view it online, but I can't remember the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellenita Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 This programme was so disturbing but hopefully because people were forced to confront pictures of aborted babies which have never been allowed on TV in the UK before, it will have had a positive impact. The filmmaker didn't present any religious view - this may well have been a good thing in that many pro choice people often just dismiss the arguments as 'right wing fundamentalism' rather than confronting the facts. Interestingly, one doctor who described himself as pro choice is having a radical re think, certainly about the time scales allowed in the UK, as he is pioneering the use of 3D colour imaging of babies in the womb rather than the black and white scan images we have at the moment. The pictures of babies at 12 weeks were amazing! What was really interesting was the use of the doctors language - he described all of these as 'babies' not as a foetus - I thought that was really important as medical language often de humanises the reality of what is happening. Another doctor was chilling, describing his decision to do abortions as 'protecting the rights of the unwanted baby'. His calm description of how late abortions are carried out reminded me of Nazi doctors describing concentration camp experiments. The pro life person argued that if abortion is legal then showing images of the results of this legal 'surgical procedure' should also be legal. People from pro life organisations have been arrrested for showing them. The final scene in the programme was beautiful - the filmmaker and her new baby in a swimming pool together, but I felt very sad for the little girl who will never know her older brother or sister.... The programme quoted the figure of 47 million abortions world wide every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 [quote name='Dave' date='Apr 20 2004, 11:02 AM'] I've heard of it AND seen it. You can view it online, but I can't remember the site. [/quote] I have this on tape somewhere. Priests for Life provided it to me for a project I did. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homestarlover85 Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 [quote name='Ellenita' date='Apr 18 2004, 07:56 PM'] The police are currently investigating doctors who carried out an abortion on the ground of the baby having a clef palate. [/quote] that is one of the saddest things i have heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciana Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 here's the link to see it. Dr. Bernard Nathanson is the doctor in the video. He was one of the founders of NARAL and an abortionist and atheist. He has become pro-life and Catholic. [url="http://www.silentscream.org/"]http://www.silentscream.org/[/url] or [url="http://www.abortiontv.com/silentscream.htm"]http://www.abortiontv.com/silentscream.htm[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 If it changes one heart and save one baby than it is worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 ya i hope that people watch it in disgust and they have 2nd thoughts on having the murder done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellenita Posted April 24, 2004 Author Share Posted April 24, 2004 Just in case anyone is confused - the programme shown on TV in the UK wasn't the Silent Scream - I doubt that will ever be shown as people who have shown still pictures of aborted babies have been arrested in the UK. The programme was called My Foetus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeds Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 (edited) [url="http://www.studentlifenet.co.uk/latest.php?itemid=103"]Here[/url]'s an article about 'My Foetus' I co-wrote for a pro-life organisation I'm involved in. I didn't like the programme. Waaay too many unnecessary shots of Julia Black's stomach and the abortion they showed was a misrepresentation since abortions at 4 weeks gestation are extremely rare. [quote]His calm description of how late abortions are carried out reminded me of Nazi doctors describing concentration camp experiments[/quote] That was horrible. I couldn't believe that he said it was for the best for mother and baby. Edited April 24, 2004 by Deeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master_alterserver Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 WOW! Who would want to see an abortion. Just hearing about them sends shivers up my spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellenita Posted April 27, 2004 Author Share Posted April 27, 2004 Good article Deeds - thanks for posting it. There were a couple of reviews in this week's Tablet - did you see them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeds Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Nope, I didn't see them, what did they think of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeWeStCoNvErT Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 [/QUOTE]This week there will be a programme on TV in the UK which will show an abortion. The 'results' of a seven week and twenty one week abortion will also be shown. The programme has been made by a pro choice person.[QUOTE] results??? a dead baby??why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomProddy Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 I'm glad my house has no Tv. That's disgusting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellenita Posted May 2, 2004 Author Share Posted May 2, 2004 Deeds, the Catholic Herald and the Catholic Times also had reviews.....I've still got all the papers - if you didn't get them and would like a copy of the reviews PM me! RandomProddy...was it an ethical choice not to have a TV? I'm increasingly using the 'off' switch....now if I could only just cure my addiction to a certain soap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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