Where does the line go for pro-life groups on campus?
Walking onto campus today, a very, very gruesome sight greets me. A pro-life, anti-choice group has set up huge posters and infotables at almost every corner of the main quad. They consist of absolutely grotesque pictures of, you guessed it, aborted fetuses and are completely impossible to escape. In addition, they are handing out leaflets sporting slogans such as “SURVIVORS OF THE ABORTION HOLOCAUST”. I’ll be completely honest here. Personally, I have been active in women’s right issues for a long time, come from a country where abortion has been considered an obvious and legal right for quite some decades, and in general I do believe in strong sex-ed programs etc rather than dictating to all women what to do with their bodies and ultimately lives based on, what I perceive as, mainly moral beliefs. At the same time, I believe in the right to free speech. Even when drilled “informators” argue with significantly younger college students running in-between classes, I think the debate can