It鈥檚 difficult as a reporter to give publicity to a group that infringes on human rights.

The 91大黄鸭 Right to Life Society parades its message outside of hospitals, on university and college campuses and even in front of high schools, pushing its message to young students.

It鈥檚 scary we鈥檙e having discussions about whether a woman should have the right to choose what to do with her own body in the 21st Century.

It鈥檚 scarier to see women advocating for pro-life. I wonder if they鈥檝e ever faced that decision, late one night after they find their birth control didn鈥檛 work, or worse, after suffering from sexual assault.

More interesting still is the men who preach of a baby鈥檚 right to life, as if it lies with a man to decide what to do with a woman鈥檚 body, a body that creates life in the first place.

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I would like to echo the words of a woman I spoke with at one of the recent pro/anti abortion rallies: Outlawing abortion doesn鈥檛 mean it won鈥檛 happen, people will still do it an unsafe manner.

Look at other countries with strict abortion laws.

In May, an Argentinian woman was sentenced to eight years in prison after having a miscarriage. She was admitted into a hospital for stomach pains and miscarried in a hospital toilet, according to The Independent.

Scariest of all lies close to home, with U.S. President Trump鈥檚 recent reversal of Obama鈥檚 contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

In it, an employer will no longer have to cover contraception 鈥渂ased on its sincerely held religious beliefs.鈥�

This, in a country where it鈥檚 legal in many states for institutions and individuals to refuse to perform abortions.

This right to life facade is nothing more than the age-old argument to place power in the hands of politicians, primarily male politicians, to determine what a woman does with her body.

Propaganda, by definition, is 鈥渋nformation, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.鈥�

The Right to Life Society says the graphic images shown of dead fetuses during its rallies are not propaganda because they鈥檙e truthful images. They say disturbing images have been used to shift the public opinion in the past, including on smoking, drinking and driving, slavery and the Jewish Holocaust.

The definition says nothing about truthful images, it鈥檚 the way they鈥檙e used for a political cause that鈥檚 the problem.

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