We had an assignment that was given to us by Barron where we only had one class session to complete it. We had to pick a topic based on either the elections of 2008 or the media and take a pro/con side to it. Whatever side we chose, we had to stand 100% for it with no grey areas in between.
I am strongly against abortions for my own personal reasons that I won't get into.
I wanted to be fair and asked several classmates on their opinion of abortions, and it was interesting to hear both sides of the story. Many people were more concerned about women having the right to choose due to rape or potential health problems with the mother or child, and the safety of a girl trying to perform an abortion illegally. But statistics show that about only 5% of abortions are performed due to rape victims or health problems. That means the other 95% is due to women making mistakes or the child is simply unwanted.
I wanted to be fair and asked several classmates on their opinion of abortions, and it was interesting to hear both sides of the story. Many people were more concerned about women having the right to choose due to rape or potential health problems with the mother or child, and the safety of a girl trying to perform an abortion illegally. But statistics show that about only 5% of abortions are performed due to rape victims or health problems. That means the other 95% is due to women making mistakes or the child is simply unwanted.
When I asked my classmates if any of them knew how abortion procedures were done, many of them had no clue. Some options of abortions are: inducing the baby with drugs, sucking the baby out with a suction tool, and injecting salt poison into the baby. There are several difference approaches to abortion, but the main one that struck me the most is partial abortion. This type of abortion is usually done within the 2nd or 3rd trimester.
Here are visual images and descriptions of how the procedure is done:
After resarching a lot, I wanted to do a piece that showed the goriness of the after effects of abortion. But several classmates warned me that abortion is not a light subject to begin with, and if I wanted people to approach my piece, I would have to do something less graphic to avoid scaring people off.
Here are visual images and descriptions of how the procedure is done:
After resarching a lot, I wanted to do a piece that showed the goriness of the after effects of abortion. But several classmates warned me that abortion is not a light subject to begin with, and if I wanted people to approach my piece, I would have to do something less graphic to avoid scaring people off.
Within the 3 hours, here's what I came up with:
Barron encourages us to use photos and enhance it with our own illustrations. So I took a photo of the partial abortion procedure and added it to my piece because I knew there was no way I could draw it out and render the image to my satisfaction within the given time. Not my best work, but I am pretty content with the overall message. With more time I definitely would have worked on the values of my flesh and text. Even if I didn't change anyone's mind about abortion, I hope I at least got people to reconsider it.
Barron encourages us to use photos and enhance it with our own illustrations. So I took a photo of the partial abortion procedure and added it to my piece because I knew there was no way I could draw it out and render the image to my satisfaction within the given time. Not my best work, but I am pretty content with the overall message. With more time I definitely would have worked on the values of my flesh and text. Even if I didn't change anyone's mind about abortion, I hope I at least got people to reconsider it.
