Abortion Debate Forum - the Silent Scream

Tylanas

replied on March 25th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

Re: the Silent Scream

PurestGreen wrote:

Has anyone else here seen this film? I've just made myself watch it because I have heard mention of it many times and I want to inform myself as best I can.

Here is a link if anyone wants to view it (use caution if you are of a sensitive nature)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJzSiAPXTiQ

I personally found it hard to see what was being indicated by the presenter at times because the camera would move away from the screen which was irritating. Also, the picture quality isn't great and I noticed that the language was very biased towards the pro-life stance.

What are other people's thoughts on this film? Is it informative? Is it shocking?

I watched it was well, a while ago. It is informative if you can ignore all of the slandering and the lies. I personally didn't find it any more shocking that watching any other operation on tv. Also, you have to sit through a lot of video to even get to the abortion.

|

Birch

replied on March 25th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

I am not bothered by seeing what exactly abortion is.

I am saddened that abortion is the best choice for many women.

I know I say this over and over and over again, but we need to address the reasons women have abortions before we can effectively make a change. Showing videos of what happens may change minds of some women, but it's not going to change their circumstances; and ultimately that is what is in their, and their child's best interests.

|

Tylanas

replied on March 25th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

Birch wrote:

I am not bothered by seeing what exactly abortion is.

I am saddened that abortion is the best choice for many women.

I know I say this over and over and over again, but we need to address the reasons women have abortions before we can effectively make a change. Showing videos of what happens may change minds of some women, but it's not going to change their circumstances; and ultimately that is what is in their, and their child's best interests.

Bravo! I heartily agree.

To create a crazy comparison...
People get angry and upset when wolves came out of the mountains and killed their livestock. But the wolves were coming out of the mountais because their habitat and food source was being destroyed. It wasn't the wolf's fault completely; they were simply making the best choices they could in order to survive. The best solution in that case is not to hate the wolf, but to instead, go into the mountains and help restore the wolve's natural territory and food source.

Of course, humans, being the idiots, decided to hate the wolves instead, and killed them all. Now they have to deal with the deer population, which has become almost an infestation.

The wolves, if you can't tell, represent women who have abortions. They are not evil; they are simply doing what they have to do to survive. They are strong, powerful people. Pro-lifers are the people who just want to kill and blame the wolves and call them evil for killing livestock (the fetuses). Pro-choicers are the ones who know the wolves aren't evil, and who are pushing the hardest for the wolf's naural habitat to be returned: aka, searching for better birth control education, availability and effectiveness. Some pro-lifers also want to give the wolves back their territory, but at the root of things, they still think the wolves (the women who abort) are evil.

Oh, and the out of control deer population represents all the babies in the adoption system and all of the generations of families that live off of welfare, unale to advance.

|

jenn_smithson

replied on March 25th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

Re: the Silent Scream

PurestGreen wrote:

Has anyone else here seen this film? I've just made myself watch it because I have heard mention of it many times and I want to inform myself as best I can.

Here is a link if anyone wants to view it (use caution if you are of a sensitive nature)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJzSiAPXTiQ

I personally found it hard to see what was being indicated by the presenter at times because the camera would move away from the screen which was irritating. Also, the picture quality isn't great and I noticed that the language was very biased towards the pro-life stance.

What are other people's thoughts on this film? Is it informative? Is it shocking?

I saw it though it's been a good while for me.

It's interesting to watch for what it is and that is modern day propaganda. To watch it for anything else, medical knowledge or to even see an abortion performed, would be a great mistake. The medical information has long since been disputed and if memory serves me correctly the vast majority of the film is of a prenatal operation to repair a genetic defect. Footage of this simple operation was attached to other footage and made to look like an abortion.

But, does it serve any other purpose? And if it does, what impact does it truly have? These are the important questions for that particular film, at least for me. For propaganda purposes and with an audience who has had neither training or the pertinent information at hand, it can be quite useful.

|

moo1

replied on March 26th, 2007

Anonymous

I've seen it before but just clicked on the link - that guy is annoying isn't he!

My abortion was a week before the one they claim to be showing and the scan look remarkably different size wise (it's about 2 or so inches at that gestation).

Anyway, I am sure there are some people who will watch it and cry or whatever but it doesn't address the reality of any circumstance in which a woman choses abortion - as birch said it doesn't change the circumstances of the woman.

|

Carifairy

replied on March 26th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

I have seen the silent scream, and hundreds of 'real life' aboritons as well..

I SEE nothing wrong with aboriton being a 'best choice' for any woman, not all women wish to ruin, chnage, or otherwise spend 9 months to just give a baby away.

I certainly am not goign to ruin my body for anyone...

That sounds harsh, but adoption would NEVER enter my thoughts about pregnancy, nor would having a baby.

|

Cambion

replied on March 26th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

I have seen that video and close-up abortion videos - in fact, my best friend and I sat eating popcorn and criticizing while we watched 'the silent scream'. Color me sadistic, but I thought it was pretty cool to watch that unwanted little parasite get torn apart. Very fascinating procedure. As far as the heart-string-plucking value, I was unphased by any of the videos I've seen.

|