Posted on 09/23/2015 7:01:51 AM PDT by jda
Los Angeles (AFP) - A social media campaign launched by three US activists to denounce the stigma surrounding abortion has gone viral as women have shared their experiences, though pro-life campaigners have hit back.
The hashtag "#ShoutYourAbortion" was started on Twitter over the weekend after the US House of Representatives voted to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest women's health care ser vices provider, as Republicans pushed for a probe of the organization.
Lindy West, Amelia Bonow and Kimberly Morrison said they began the campaign in a bid to encourage women to reclaim the conversation about abortion.
Bonow shared her own story on Facebook along with the hashtag and since then thousands of women across the globe have detailed their experience.
"I had an abortion at Planned Parenthood last year and it was a great experience," Bonow, who lives in Seattle, told AFP. "Not only am I not ashamed, but I know I'm incredibly lucky to have access to this choice and we need to keep it that way."
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But some, who believe abortion is tantamount to murder, have lashed out at the women.
"I'm sure the babies would love to participate in the #ShoutYourAbortion campaign, but they've been murdered and sold for parts," wrote blogger Matt Walsh on Twitter.
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Just hours before his arrival to Washington, Republican senators tried and failed to break a filibuster on legislation banning late-term abortions.
The controversy over Planned Parenthood erupted after a series of secretly recorded videos were released showing top members of the organization discussing in graphic detail the use of fetal tissue for research.
The House of Representatives stripped the group of federal funding for one year pending a congressional probe.
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Hmm, I wonder what the baby thought???
Killing a baby....Sick!!
I guess a hashtag: #IKilledMyBaby wouldn’t be as popular.
Stigma concerning abortion. What a joke.
Most these feminist pigs act like they don’t need men but yet want me to help pay for it. It is welfare abortions. Get off my dime you losers.
All of their comments need to be transferred to a new account -— #Ikilledmybaby
I wonder since the inception of Roe v. Wade in 1973, if some 40 million abortions had been stayed. This could of solved our need for immigration today.
Jut like those “pride” marches. They are really deathly ashamed of themselves and hope to find other people who make them feel good about themselves. But that doesn’t change the way they feel about themselves.
This is an exercise in human denial. They pretend that maybe if they say it loud enough and often enough, their inner selves might actually believe it. Unfortunately, that will never be the case until they beg forgiveness from their Lord and Savior and are truly healed in their very soul.
Wow.
Nothing says more about a woman’s character than proudly “shouting” to the world that you are sexually promiscuous, that you were careless and got pregnant, and then tried to cover up your carelessness and dodge your responsibility by killing a helpless baby: your baby.
Just wow.
Sad, very sad. These “girls” have no idea the path those they are following are on! Adults don’t need to shout out their histories for all to know.
The only things stigmatized anymore are decency and common sense.
#ShoutYourMurder #UnbornLivesMatter
But one does not have an abortion.
One has a murder carried out within their womb.
‘ShoutYourAbortion’ is trending? OK, so let’s try:
‘ShoutYourWomanizing’
‘ShoutYourWhoring’
‘ShoutYourInfidelity’
After all, if stigma=bad and moral relativism=good, then hey, it’s goose/gander don’t chya know!
Let’s see, what other sarcastic retorts could be used to parody and ridicule this insanity:
‘ShoutYourSeduction’
‘ShoutYourAbandonment’
‘ShoutYourChildSupportDefault’
Others? Have at it freepers!
Oh, here’s another:
‘ShoutYourSTD-Non-Disclosure’
Don’t like that gals? Hey, your choice disregarded another life, so why can’t mine!
“ShoutYourSin”
Sounds like a hash tag movement ripe for hijacking.
Wow. Well said....
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