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On Wednesday, a pro-abortion student group at the College of William and Mary railed against the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform\u2019s placement of large and graphic pro-life public displays on campus. The student group, called W&M VOX: Planned Parenthood Generation Action, organized a counter protest against the pro-life organization\u2019s message and\u00a0started a petition<\/a> to the College of William and Mary administration \u201ccondemning the CBR’s presence on our campus.\u201d The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, which displayed the images on April 17th, was on campus under full approval by the university administration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In an April 15th Facebook post<\/span><\/a> announcing the counter protest, the pro-abortion student group called out the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform with baseless accusations:<\/span><\/p>\n

[The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform] is notorious for exploiting public universities\u2019 free speech clauses to legally display disturbing and graphic content. They will be placing multiple 4\u2019x8\u2019 panels depicting gruesome images of genocide and holocaust victims next to doctored images of mutilated and dismembered fetuses. The display is an attempt to spread misinformation while utilizing fear and shame to discourage the women on our campus from seeking abortion services.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

W&M VOX: Planned Parenthood Generation Action did not provide information to support its accusation that the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform\u00a0uses “misinformation” and “doctored images.” Also absent from the group’s Facebook page was any mention of what — if not “mutilated and dismembered fetuses” — they believe happens to preborn babies in abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Disturbing trend: Pro-abortion students vandalizing pro-life displays<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Several messages posted by W&M VOX: Planned Parenthood Generation Action on its Facebook page clearly aimed to stoke fear among students that seeing the graphic imagery would traumatize or victimize them. The group <\/span>announced<\/span><\/a> that students \u201ccan request an escort to walk and shield you from the demonstration.\u201d The group also <\/span>posted a \u201cwarning\u201d<\/span><\/a> to fellow students regarding the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform\u2019s mobile displays and their ‘safety’: \u201cHey guys, just a warning that the CBR is driving around a truck with similarly graphic imagery. Stay safe.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The group even <\/span>created and circulated a map<\/span><\/a> displaying alternate routes for students to use to avoid seeing the pro-life display.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform <\/span>describes its mission<\/span><\/a> as \u201c<\/span>working to establish prenatal justice and the right to life for the unborn, the disabled, the infirm, the aged and all vulnerable peoples through education and the development of cutting edge educational resources.\u201d The group argues that its use of graphic images <\/span>is akin to the kinds of strategy used in the Civil Rights Movement: \u201cCBR is strictly non-violent. We oppose violence against babies and against the abortionists who kill them. Just as Dr. Martin Luther King sought to create a \u2018creative tension\u2019 to awaken the nation to the horrible injustice of segregation, we too are creating a \u2018creative tension\u2019 to awaken the nation to the horrible injustice of abortion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The College of William and Mary is no stranger to attempts by abortion activists to stifle pro-life freedom of speech. On January 21, 2018, the 45th anniversary of Roe v. Wade<\/em>, <\/span>pro-life students at the university placed<\/span><\/a> 3,000 popsicle sticks, along with pro-life signs, to commemorate the victims of abortion who die each day. The display received full administration approval, and pro-lifers worked for hours to set up the beautiful and silent public witness. Overnight, however, abortion activists vandalized and removed the entire display, with almost nothing remaining the following morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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